Cross-border family law disputes
17th June 2016
Rachael Kelsey has been speaking at the EUPILLAR Cross-Border Litigation in Europe conference at the LSE in London. Organised by the Centre for Business Law and Practice, University of Leeds, and the Centre for Private International Law, the University of Aberdeen, the conference was held within the framework of a research project which is funded by the European Commission Civil Justice Programme.
The research project looked at whether Member States’ courts and the Court of Justice of the EU can appropriately deal with the relevant cross-border issues arising in the European Union context and to propose ways to improve the effectiveness of the European Private International Law framework.
Rachael was speaking on Cross-Border Family Law disputes and the place of Arbitration and Mediation. In particular, as far as arbitration is concerned, the possibilities in Family Law cases for enforcement of awards internationally using the fast track procedures provided for in the New York Convention, and, in relation to mediation, the progress across the EU of implementation of the Mediation Directive.
