EU Maintenance Regulation

Enforcement: Continuing relevance

Molly Betts examines the ongoing significance of the EU Maintenance Regulation in relation to non-EU member states It was argued on behalf of the father that, had the proceedings which were actually issued in Monaco been issued in another member state, then those proceedings would have had priority under the EU Maintenance Regulation and the …

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Enforcement: Be careful what you ask for

Eleanor Mills examines the Court of Appeal’s approach to a case where the wife sought to rectify a correctly made order on an incorrect application In Des Pallieres, the narrow ambit of the slip rule did not encompass the rectification of the order the wife sought, as no mistake had been made in the making …

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Overseas divorce: Tread carefully

Lizzie Smith and Laura Bond summarise the key elements of relief under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 and the potential implications of the UK leaving the EU on such claims That a foreign court may have already made a financial order is not an automatic bar to a claim under …

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Brexit: Cross-border conundrums

Graeme Fraser and Eleri Jones explore the recognition and enforcement of maintenance following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU It is vital to consider these issues at the outset due to the ‘indirect’ jurisdiction rules which apply if enforcement abroad in a 2007 Hague Convention country is likely to be required. Since the UK referendum …

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