Part V Family Law, 26 Cross-border Surrogacy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torremans Paul
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
International Level ◽  
Surrogate Mothers ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Human Fertilisation ◽  
Legal Problems ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines issues surrounding the regulation of cross-border surrogacy. There is a complete void in the regulation of surrogacy arrangements at the international level, with no specific provisions designed to regulate this emerging area of international family law. In the absence of a global legislative response, highly complex legal problems arise. Among these problems, the key private international law issue is legal parenthood, along with nationality and immigration. This chapter first addresses the issue regarding legal parenthood as it relates to cross-border surrogacy before discussing the diversity in national approaches to surrogacy. It then analyses the UK approach to surrogacy, focusing on ‘section 54’ requirements of Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and authorisation of payments to surrogate mothers that exceed the reasonable pregnancy-related expenses, and concludes with an overview of human rights considerations relating to cross-border surrogacy.

Part III Jurisdiction, Foreign Judgments and Awards, 15 Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards in England—An Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torremans Paul
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Trade Association ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
International Agreement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Free Trade Association ◽  
Direct Operation ◽  
Recognition And Enforcement ◽  
The Uk

This chapter examines how foreign judgments and arbitral awards are recognised and enforced in England. Unsatisfied foreign judgments and arbitral awards give rise to complicated questions concerning private international law. Owing to the principle of territorial sovereignty, a judgment delivered in one country cannot, in the absence of international agreement, have a direct operation of its own force in another. This chapter first considers the effect given to foreign judgments and arbitral awards before discussing the different regimes governing recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. In particular, it looks at judgments from outside the European Union and European Free Trade Association (EFTA), judgments from an EU or EFTA state, and judgments from other parts of the UK. It also analyses issues relating to insolvency, family law, and wills and successions and concludes with an overview of rules under which foreign arbitral awards are recognised and enforced.

scholarly journals SPECIALIZATION OF JURISDICTION BACK FROM OBLIVION – A NEW ATTENTIVE AND ASSIDOUS APPROACH TO COMPLEX CROSS BORDER FAMILY LAW CASES OR POSSIBLE REVITALIZATION OF ‘MUTUAL TRUST’

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milka Rakočević ◽  
Ilija Rumenov
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Mutual Trust ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Complex Cross ◽  
The Hague

New trend emerges in the quest for establishing real actual trust between the main stakeholders in the complex cross border family law cases, which is providing for concentration of jurisdiction. The Hague Conference of Private International Law (HCCH) and the European Union (EU) are in forefront of establishing concentrating jurisdiction for those proceedings based on limitation of the number of courts in order to solve two problems: to enhance the predictability and the uniformity of the outcomes in these cases and to re-establish the mutual trust on realistic grounds instead of its current notion as a political decision. Such strategy is welcomed since it starts from the bottom and it tends to elevate the trust between the persons concerned in these proceedings and with that it stretches its prerogatives to the top, which is to enhance the trust between the legal systems. Whether it will succeed it depends again on the modalities of its establishment in the national legal systems. Generally, specialization of jurisdiction is frequently considered to be an important reform initiative in improving the development of a successful judicial system which is why it is recognized as a rapidly growing trend regarding the organization of the judiciary systems worldwide. The article will discuss the concepts of specialization of jurisdiction and its possible implementation in the national legal system of Republic of North Macedonia (N. Macedonia) regarding the complex cross border family law cases.

scholarly journals Interactions between European Court of Human Rights and Private International Law of European Union = Interacciones entre el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos y Derecho Internacional Privado de la Unión Europea

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitris Liakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Family Law ◽  
European Court Of Justice ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
International Private Law ◽  
European Family

Abstract: The present work is concentrated on the analysis of the jurisprudence between the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice in the sector of private international law. In particular, it deals with the differences, similarities, influences, impact, etc. in the sector of family law, insolvency and succession according the Regulations and the private international law and last but not least the recognition of sentences by the European Member States.Keywords: European Court of Human Rights, International private law, European Court of Justice, European family law, insolvency, succession.Resumen: El presente trabajo se concentra en el análisis de la jurisprudencia entre el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos y el Tribunal de Justicia Europeo en el sector del derecho internacional privado. En particular, aborda las diferencias, similitudes, influencias, impacto, etc., en el sector del derecho de familia, la insolvencia y la sucesión de acuerdo con el Reglamento y el Derecho internacional privado y, por último, el reconocimiento de condenas por parte de los Estados miembros europeos.Palabras clave: Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos, Derecho Internacional Privado, Tribunal Europeo de Justicia, Derecho de Familia Europeo, insolvencia, sucesión.

The International Protection of Adults

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Hague Convention ◽  
The United States ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
International Protection ◽  
Federal States ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Hague ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Detailed Work

Increasing numbers of people have connections with one country, but live and work in another, frequently owning property or investments in several countries. People with lifelong or subsequently developed impairments of capacity move cross-border or have property or family interests or connections spread across different jurisdictions. This new work fills a gap in a specialist market for a detailed work advising lawyers on all the considerations in these situations. The book provides a clear, comprehensive, and unique overview of all relevant capacity and private international law issues, and the existing solutions in common law and civil law jurisdictions and under Hague Convention XXXV. It sets out the existing law of various important jurisdictions, including detailed chapters on the constituent parts of the UK, Ireland, Jersey, the Isle of Man and the Hague 35 states; and shorter chapters on 26 Non-Hague states and those within federal states, including coverage of the United States, several Australian and Canadian states, and a number of other Commonwealth jurisdictions. Containing a number of helpful case studies and flowcharts, the book draws upon the expertise of the editors in their respective fields, together with detailed contributions from expert practitioners and academics from each relevant jurisdiction. All the editors and many of the contributors and correspondents are members of STEP.

scholarly journals Mimosmluvní závazkové poměry s mezinárodním prvkem z pohledu české autonomní úpravy

AUC IURIDICA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Kateřina Holečková
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
International Level ◽  
International Jurisdiction ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Recognition And Enforcement ◽  
Contractual Obligations ◽  
Border Elements

Private International Law is nowadays, to a large extent, regulated by European and international law and the scope of the application of autonomous national law is therefore limited. However, in case of non-contractual obligations with cross-border elements, this scope is still relatively broad, as certain matters are excluded from the regulation on the European and international level. The aim of this article is to analyze the regulation of non-contractual obligations with cross-border elements under the Czech Act on Private International law, namely its regulation of international jurisdiction, applicable law, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements.

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW IMPLICATIONS OF ‘EQUAL CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS’

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-173
Author(s):  
Máire Ní Shúilleabháin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
The Other ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Civil Partnership ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Human Rights Norms ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Domestic Law

AbstractThe Steinfeld and Keidan campaign for ‘equal civil partnerships’ is focussed on English domestic law. However, it also has profound implications from a private international law perspective. If the UK parliament extends civil partnership to include different-sex couples, this will close a long-standing gap in English private international law. If, on the other hand, it was decided to abolish civil partnership, this would extend the existing lacuna in English private international law, and might generate further collisions with human rights norms. This article explores these lacunae and associated human rights concerns—and suggests possible solutions.

Cross-border Family Issues in the EU: Multiplicity of Instruments, Inconsistencies and Problems of Coordination

2019 ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Rosario Espinosa Calabuig
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
National Courts ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Eu

This chapter analyses challenges in the family law sphere, examining EU case law to assess the success of EU private international law regulations in the fields of divorce, matrimonial property, maintenance obligations and cross-border rights of access to children. It points to the difficulties facing judges, national courts and legal professionals in the application of EU regulations in this sphere.

scholarly journals Transnational Hindu law adoptions: recognition and treatment in Britain

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Shah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Control System ◽  
International Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Immigration Law ◽  
Private International Law ◽  
Immigration Control ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
The Uk

This article examines how the adoption of children under Hindu law in India is regarded by British private international law and immigration law. Through an analysis of case-law, it focuses particularly on how British judges regard the legitimacy of exclusion by the British immigration control system of children who have been adopted under a ‘foreign’ legal system which essentially permits private adoption arrangements. Examining the background to the regime of Indian Hindu law adoptions (which applies to Sikhs as well as Hindus), and the private international law and immigration rules which apply to such adoptees in the UK, the article finds some evidence in the judicial decisions of a more activist, human-rights-based, plurality-conscious position being taken. However, tracking the case-law further, the article concludes that such activism has not been followed through in more recent decisions leaving the conflictual position between transnational adopters and British legal systems largely unresolved.

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