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Dubai Supreme Court Admits Reciprocity with the UK and Enforces an English Judgment

Conflict of Laws

In that judgment, the English court ordered the division and transfer of property as part of the distribution of matrimonial property on divorce. 3) The parties have not (yet) been divorced under Pakistani law or Islamic Sharia. It is likely, however, that the courts relied on the MOJ letter to reach this conclusion.

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Pilar Jiménez Blanco on Cross-Border Matrimonial Property Regimes

Conflict of Laws

The study of the jurisdiction rules is ordered according to the type of litigation and the moment in which it arises, depending on whether the marriage is in force or has been dissolved by divorce or death. This allows notarial divorces to be included and notoriety acts of the matrimonial property regime to be excluded.

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25th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2023)

Conflict of Laws

In particular, it examines the recognition of ancillary judgments in divorce cases, concluding that they fall under article 118 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The study examines European court decisions, domestic legislation, and international projects aimed at stabilizing the legal status of such children.

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August 2023 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded in the Case List.) As always, we endeavor to collect all Chinese court decisions involving the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments (“REFJ”), and foreign counterparts concerning the recognition and enforcement of Chinese judgments.

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A bungled house sale, a bankrupt couple, and a statutory puzzle involving debts incurred through fraud

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Buckley also emphasizes a Supreme Court decision from 1885 (not a typo), Strang v. I should throw one more idea in the mix: the trope of the “honest but unfortunate debtor,” a phrase from the Depression-era Supreme Court decision in Local Loan Co.

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August 2022 Update: List of China’s Cases on Recognition of Foreign Judgments

Conflict of Laws

Note: Foreign divorce judgments are excluded in the Case List.). As always, we endeavor to collect all Chinese court decisions involving the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments (“REFJ”), and foreign counterparts concerning the recognition and enforcement of Chinese judgments.

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Foreign Child Marriages and Constitutional Law – German Constitutional Court Holds Parts of the German Act to Combat Child Marriages Unconstitutional

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The wife in the case had been fourteen when the case started in the first instance courts; she is now 22, and her marriage certainly no longer a child marriage. And as a matter of fact, the Constitutional Court decision itself is already almost two months old; it was rendered on February 1. What should it do?