Enforcement: Home and away

Slater and Gordon | Family Law Journal | November 2018 #181
Joanne Green examines the enforcement of maintenance orders within the EU and the potential impact of Brexit ‘A decision made in a member state that is not bound by the 2007 Hague Protocol (currently only the UK or Denmark) will still be recognised in another member state without any special procedure being required, however it …

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International Focus: Le même mais différent

Dawson Cornwell | Family Law Journal | June 2017 #167
Izzy Walsh and Floriane Laruelle compare the contrat de mariage with prenuptial agreements ‘The French court has no discretion to strike down a contrat de mariage simply on the basis of it being unfair or unjust, and as a result, the formalities for it to be considered a binding contract are much stricter than in …

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International: Crossing borders

International Family Law Group | Family Law Journal | June 2011 #107
David Hodson highlights the provisions of the new EU maintenance regulations ‘The separation of resolution of maintenance and non-maintenance is completely normal for continental European family lawyers, but completely alien and seemingly very strange to English practitioners.’ On 18 June 2011, the EU Maintenance Regulation of 18 December 2008 will apply directly within English domestic …

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