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MAY 2, 2023

The Legal Aid: Family and Domestic Abuse (Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2023 made changes to The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), to widen the scope of those who are given legal aid in the family law sector.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Children’s Rights Academy of the University of Geneva is organising an online Executive Training on Civil Aspects of International Child Protection (ICPT) from December 2023 to April 2024. For more information, click here. The training is divided into four modules and is being coordinated by Dr. Vito Bumbaca.

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LegalReader

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A natural litigator, Rebecca concentrates her practice in the areas of labor and employment, litigation, and family law.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

It was approved by means of Law No. 5016/2023 on international commercial arbitration, and was enacted in order to align the regime of international commercial arbitration with the revision of the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration adopted in 2006 (hereinafter the revised Model Law).

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The fourth section includes studies about current realities, such as situations of domestic violence in cases of international child abduction, negotiable institutions and their place in the succession Regulations and the interpretation of private international family law in different High Courts (CJEU and ECtHR).

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2024

” In 1982, Greece witnessed “a great revolution in family law” as adultery was decriminalized, domestic violence was criminalized and women were provided the choice to keep their surname which, as Mitsotakis noted, took place despite the opposition from the Orthodox Church.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The article sets the scene and contextualizes the findings detailed in the presentation given by the author on April 29, 2023 at the Dialog Internationales Familienrecht 2023 at the University of Münster. Thus, also PIL dynamics unfolding outside the field of international family law were taken into account.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Rising numbers of women in England are experiencing domestic abuse at Christmas, with Refuge, the leading support service in England, saying that calls and contacts to the national domestic abuse helpline in 2023 were still far higher than pre-pandemic, with 171,490 calls in the year ending March 2023, Rachel Hall reports for The Guardian.

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MAY 8, 2024

Introduction Recent developments in the field of family law in the UAE, in particular the adoption of the so-called “Civil Marriage Laws”, have aroused interest, admiration, curiosity, and even doubt and critics among scholars and practitioners of family law, comparative law and private international law around the world. [1]

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JUNE 29, 2023

While this decision reinforces the comparatively robust protection English tort law affords to victims of human rights violations perpetrated by corporate actors, the changes to the English law of jurisdiction in the wake of Brexit could make it substantially more challenging to bring human rights suits before English courts in the future.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The prosecution asserted Khan and his wife violated Islamic law, which says that a woman must wait three months before re-marrying. This is known as the ‘Iddah’ period and is a requirement under Islamic family law upheld by Pakistan. The day before , Khan was sentenced to ten years for revealing state secrets.

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AUGUST 7, 2023

The successful applicant will have the chance to work with some of the world’s leading private international law practitioners and will be provided with finances to assist with travel costs and living expenses. Applications for the 2024 Nygh Internship close on 30 September 2023.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Six Arizona Attorneys Recognized For Their Pro Bono Efforts January 31, 2023 Terri Jo Neff, Arizona Daily Independent Those honored by Arizona Supreme Court Vice Chief Justice Ann Scott Timmer during LSC’s Increasing Access to Justice Reception were James Conlogue, Diane Drain, David Engelman, Edwin Ramos, Kelly Rowe, and Benjamin Smith.

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MAY 29, 2023

Written by Veerle Van Den Eeckhout, working at the Research and Documentation Directorate of the CJEU On 29 April 2023, Veerle Van Den Eeckhout gave a presentation on recent case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. The presentation, now available online, was entitled “CJEU case-law.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

In case intended parents enter into a surrogacy trajectory abroad, all kinds of private international law issues arise in the Netherlands regarding, among others, the legal parenthood of the intended parents. Dutch bill of July 4, 2023 to regulate (international) surrogacy On July 4, 2023, a bill was proposed in the Netherlands.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The law regarding name and gender changes on birth and marriage certificates will go into effect on January 1, 2023.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

On 1 January 2023, the 1980 Child Abduction Convention entered into force for Cabo Verde. On 19 January 2023, El Salvador deposited its instrument of accession to the 1970 Evidence Convention. The Convention, which currently has 65 Contracting Parties, will enter into force for El Salvador on 20 March 2023.

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MAY 28, 2023

Department of State Attorney-Advisor for Children’s Issues as well as a USAID Regional Legal Advisor/Senior Advisor for Children/Youth in Conflict, Anna has transitioned to practicing international family law with a focus on child rights cases and issues. This is evidenced by the US Supreme Court 2022 judgment Golan v.

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MAY 8, 2023

Department of State Attorney-Advisor for Children’s Issues as well as a USAID Regional Legal Advisor/Senior Advisor for Children/Youth in Conflict, Anna has transitioned to practicing international family law with a focus on child rights cases and issues. This is evidenced by the US Supreme Court 2022 judgment Golan v.

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LawSites

MAY 16, 2023

The majority of law firms use just five or fewer unique software products, according to a legal industry study published today by the law practice management company Smokeball. Business, estate planning, and family law firms spent the most time in software, with about three in 10 spending 75% or more of their time using tech.

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APRIL 21, 2023

It also seeks to provide more effectiveness to EU objectives through a better coordination of instruments in overlapping fields, such as Regulations in private international law in family law matters and migration law rules. The duration of the project is 24 months (from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2024).

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 1, 2024

IV (Elgar Editions, 2017) 3895 and my own translation of the provisions dealing with international jurisdiction and the enforcement of foreign judgments in 8 Journal of Private International Law 2 (2012) pp. Salma Triki, “La compétence internationale tunisienne et le critère de nationalité” in Ben Achour/Triki (eds.),

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

2) The foreign judgment is contrary to public policy because it violates Islamic Sharia law, individual property rights and the distribution of property under UAE law. 3) The parties have not (yet) been divorced under Pakistani law or Islamic Sharia. 37 (2023), pp. Ruling: In its ruling dated 25 January 2024 ( Appeal No.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It will enter into force for Cabo Verde on 1 January 2023. The Convention will enter into force for Cabo Verde on 1 August 2023. With the accession of Cabo Verde, the Child Abduction Convention now has 102 Contracting Parties. For the Child Protection Convention, with the accession of Cabo Verde it now has 54 Contracting Parties.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

It will enter into force for Botswana on 1 February 2023. The Convention will enter into force for Botswana on 1 March 2023. It will enter into force for Botswana on 16 November 2023. With the accession of Botswana, the Child Abduction Convention now has 103 Contracting Parties. More information is available here.

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MAY 25, 2023

To celebrate the 30 th anniversary of the 1993 Adoption Convention, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH will be hosting an online event on Wednesday, 31 May 2023, from 14:00 to 18:00 CEST. It will also feature a panel composed by a birth mother, an adoptive mother, and adopted persons, who will discuss their lived experiences.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 8, 2024

This post is part of a series regarding Colonialism and the general structure of (German) Private International Law, based on a presentation I gave in spring 2023. This can be well illustrated with a family law example. See the introduction here. 5, 8 Rome III Regulation; Art. 22, 26 Brussels I Regulation; Art.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

In its decision of 20 December 2023 (Case No. XII ZB 117/23), the German Federal Supreme Court has referred three questions to the CJEU relating to the interpretation of Art. 8 (a), (b) of the Rome III Regulation.

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JUNE 24, 2023

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has recently enacted a new Civil Transactions Law (Royal Decree No. M/199, dated June 16, 2023). The law will enter into force on December 16, 2023, 180 days after its enactment (hereinafter referred to as “the new law”).

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 15, 2022

Cohen , and Alicia Palmer share their thoughts on What Every Young Lawyer Needs to Know about Family Law: Including a Perspective from the Bench. The 2022-2023 State Bar year marks a new chapter as Texas lawyers emerge from the pandemic and a sense of normalcy returns.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Similarly, the foreign law chosen as the governing law of a contract is often not applied because of the procedural status of foreign law as a matter of fact, the content of which must be ascertained by the party invoking its application. Regarding choice of law rules, those concerning family law and successions (i.e.,

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 5, 2023

On 31 May 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures and cooperation in matters relating to the protection of adults (in the following: EU Adult Protection Regulation – EUAPR). 81(3) TFEU. 81(2) TFEU instead.

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MARCH 8, 2022

There were three publications approved, ranging from family law to access to justice for international tourists. Family law. This meeting was very fruitful in getting the necessary approval for HCCH publications. The Council adopted the following decision: “12.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 7, 2023

Written by Christina Shin, University of Sydney Law School On 1 June 2023, International Children’s Day, the University of Sydney’s Centre for Asian and Pacific Law (CAPLUS) hosted an online webinar discussing the issue of children’s welfare and voices in private international law (PIL).

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MAY 17, 2024

Fortunately, the UK Government has already put forward a roadmap for the HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention in its responses to the formal consultation carried out from 15 December 2022 to 9 February 2023 [29] as well as the explanatory memorandum to the Draft Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments Regulations 2024. [30] According to sec.

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MAY 28, 2023

419/2023 of 17 May 2023 ). Later, the enforcement rules were reintroduced in the new FCPA enacted in 2022 and entered into effect in January 2023 [“2022 FCPA”]). 419/2023 of 17 May 2023 ). Indeed, in 2018, the applicable rules – originally found in the 1992 FCPA – were moved to the 2018 Executive Regulation No.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

29, 2023, AT 11:45 P.M. Demo video: [link] Founded: 5/1/2023, Columbus, Ohio Target customer: Solo, small firm, and legal Aid organizations that are engaged in litigation. Traction: We are adding about 25 people a day as registrants, having fully launched in late October 2023, and have begun demos with attorneys.

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