International

Old rules, modern conflict—time to change approach? Roger Smith doesn’t think so

Global mobility is transforming family law, creating new challenges around jurisdiction, assets and child arrangements

Rachel Fisher explores how globalisation is reshaping family law

Jennifer Fox explains Rule 7A, a powerful rule change with big consequences for fraud and asset tracing

The drive to arbitration: Lindsey Sasson compares & contrasts Uber’s British & US legal strategies

The UK has tightened up its regime against Russia, targeting cryptocurrency exchanges and the Kremlin-backed finance network A7, which are used to bypass sanctions

An Italian financier has lost his bid to block his Australian wife from filing divorce papers in England on the basis it was no longer her domicile of choice

Vanessa Friend & Robert Jackson examine Timokhin v Timokhina & the dangers of jurisdiction

UK law enforcement is failing to use the tools at its disposal, argue Ashley Fairbrother & Rhys Evans

A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision