Leave To Remove: Mirage or remedy?

Gemma Vines considers practical issues when contemplating mirror orders on an application for leave to remove ‘Fundamental to the concept of a mirror order is that the foreign court shall have the right and, more importantly, the obligation to enforce the terms contained in the order.’Increasingly, family lawyers are instructed by parents wishing to take …
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International Focus: Reflective thinking

Clare Williams examines issues of jurisdiction upon an application for a mirror order ‘The 1996 Child Protection Convention will create options for contracting states to liaise and put in place protective measures in either territory, even if the child is neither habitually resident nor present in the relevant jurisdiction.’Commentators have long noted the proliferation of …
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