Prof David Hodson OBE KC(Hons) MCIArb
Published: 09/03/2022 08:00
Prof David Hodson OBE MCIArb is a family law dispute resolution specialist and co-founder partner of The International Family Law Group, a specialist law firm representing international families. He is an English solicitor, mediator, arbitrator, Australian (NSW) solicitor and a deputy (part time) family court judge at the Central Family Court (DDJ in the FRC at the CFC) in London. He is a member of the English Law Society Family Law Committee, a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, a member of LawAsia, the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a similar contributor to many family law organisations around the world. He is Visiting Professor at the University of Law and Honorary Professor of Law at Leicester University. He is an Anglican lay preacher. He has written and spoken extensively throughout his career on family law, including many conferences overseas. He was awarded the OBE (June 2014) for ‘services to international family law’. He is the editor and primary author of the LexisNexis textbook The International Family Law Practice (sixth edition August 2021). He was appointed QC (Hons) in December 2021 for his significant contribution to English law and practice.
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