Obsessively Compulsive The Eurovision Song Contest is now over and we are all looking forward to the holidays. Some families are already on holiday and the rest are looking forward to the summer holiday traffic (not). In England we see apparently a new generation of...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, children, contact, international, survey
We are all human The 2nd Criminal Chamber of the German Bundesgerichtshof allowed an appeal against the decision made by a lower Court (Landgericht Frankfurt), while one Judge arranged child care by text message during the hearing and whilst a witness gave evidence...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, international, courtroom, texting
I declare you ‘Husband and Wife’ In the recently reported case of N v D [2015] EWFC 28, the Court had to consider the validity of a foreign marriage ceremony which took place in Nigeria on an application by the wife (N) for a declaration of marital status...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, paradigm family law, york, family, children, marriage, international, wedding, matrimonial, private, declaration
“It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.” – Winston Churchill With the recent decision in the Court of Appeal in the case of Critchell v Critchell [2015] EWCA Civ 436 making waves for being one of the few...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, legal advice, family, international, consent order, financial proceedings
In this post, Head of International Family Law at Paradigm Family Law, Frank Arndt discusses jurisdictional issues – a topic that is generating a great deal of interest at the moment: I recently wrote a post about Art 15 BIIR and the importance of...Read MoreTags: divorce, family law, fixed fee, legal advice, paradigm family law, york, family, children, contact, international, jurisdiction
