Re LC (Reunite: international child abduction centre intervening) [2014] UKSC 1

International Families: Proceed with caution

Zoe Bloom and Hed Amitai examine potential pitfalls for international families and protective measures including nuptial agreements ‘To start divorce proceedings in England and Wales it is only necessary to show habitual residence here. This means that couples moving to England […] are fully exposed to family law in this jurisdiction.’ International mobility is now …

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Children: Children’s voices

Che Meakins sets out the courts’ approach to children’s evidence and when a child should be joined as a party to proceedings ‘The court must weigh the advantage that a child’s evidence may have in determining the truth against the harm that the giving of evidence might do that child or any other child.’ In …

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Child Abduction: State of mind

Jemma Thomas and Nancy Khawam review the Supreme Court’s decision in Re LC and consider the impact on future cases ‘Habitual residence is a question of fact and, as such, any determination of habitual residence is difficult to appeal: the trial judge has made a decision on the basis of the facts that they have …

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