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International affairs

21 October 2010 / Clare Renton
Issue: 7438 / Categories: Features , EU , Family
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In the first of a regular series of updates, Clare Renton provides an overview of the most influential international & EU cases of 2010

The growth in number of international families and the consequent family law problems are not the preserve of the rich or famous. The clients whose cases were reported in 2010 could have presented in the office of any family lawyer. Often their problems require urgent action, but in the knowledge that an error of judgment or action taken with insufficient focus on discretion, as opposed to valour, could cause mayhem.    

M v V [2010] EWHC 1453 (Fam), [2010] All ER (D) 216 (Jun)

Brussels 1 Council Regulation 44/2001/EC, Art 23; Children Act 1989, Sch 1

The parties Algerian father and French mother agreed that that they would not seek maintenance in England. They agreed maintenance and all matters in France and embodied their agreement in a French court order. They included by agreement an exclusive jurisdiction clause in the agreement under the Brussels 1 Council Regulation 44/2001/EC, Art

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

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Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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