ECtHR to assess whether sending asylum seekers back to Greece violate the European Human Rights Convention The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held a hearing on 1 September in the case MSS v. Belgium and Greece. This leading case is about an Afghan asylum seeker who entered the EU in […]

Domestic Violence & Ex-Parte Non-Molestation Injunction Applications Often emergencies arise in Family Law matters which require urgent and immediate steps being taken to protect our client by way of an emergency ex-parte injunction. Injunction situations can arise 24 hours a day and in most cases we aim to have the matter brought to the attention […]

Dispute Resolution in Middle East One of the consequences of globalization and enhancement of international trade and transactions had been renewing the procedures of traditional settlement of dispute and breaking the guard of the states in enforcing their local laws and regulations. The traditional procedure of dispute settlement has been litigation and referral before the […]

This was the question considered by Mr Justice Bodey in the case of Hudson v Leigh [2009] EWHC 1306 (Fam). Mr Leigh and Ms Hudson had a religious ceremony in South Africa in January 2004 at what was described in the Judgment as “a fabulous roof-top setting overlooking a sunlit sea”. Although rings were exchanged […]