Jurisdiction: Global reach

Abigail Bennett analyses the court’s approach to a case involving assets in multiple jurisdictions and a defendant with no apparent place of domicile ‘The court was not persuaded that the relationship between the parties was of a nature that generated rights comparable to marriage for the purposes of the Judgments Regulation.’ The decision in Gray …
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Jurisdiction: Multiple choice

Fiona Wood considers multi-jurisdictional cases within the EU and the requirements in order for a member state to be seised of proceedings ‘By virtue of Art 8, Brussels II bis, the courts of a member state have jurisdiction in matters of parental responsibility over a child who is habitually resident in the member state at …
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