Jurisdiction in Practice Post-Brexit
Mark Ablett, Pump Court Chambers, provides an outline glance at jurisdiction domestically and relationships with EU Member States post-Brexit, including divorce jurisdiction and what takes the place of the lis pendens provisions from Brussels IIa.
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AO v EO [2026] EWFC 30 (B)
HHJ Edward Hess. Judgment in financial remedy proceedings, addressing habitual residence and forum conveniens where the parties had competing connections to England and Nigeria.
The Financial Remedies Court: A New Horizon?
It is approaching 10 years since HHJ Edward Hess and Joanna Miles published their seminal article which fired the starting gun for the creation of the Financial Remedies Court. The purpose of this article is to reflect upon the possible ways in which the FRC might evolve and develop in the future.
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