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David Hodson OBE MCIArb

Family lawyer | International Family Law Group LLP

David Hodson OBE MCIArb is a co-founder and partner at The International Family Law Group LLP, London.  He is an English solicitor, arbitrator and mediator and also an Australian qualified solicitor, and sits as a part-time family court judge at the Central Family Court. He is an Accredited Specialist (with portfolios in Substantial Assets and International Cases), a Member of the English Law Society Family Law Committee, a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, a Fellow of the Centre for Social Justice, and a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.  He is author of The International Family Law Practice (Jordan’s 5th edition Dec 2016).  He is honorary Professor at Leicester University and visiting Professor at the University of Law.  He received the OBE in 2015 for services to international family law.  

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David Hodson OBE MCIArb is a co-founder and partner at The International Family Law Group LLP, London.  He is an English solicitor, arbitrator and mediator and also an Australian qualified solicitor, and sits as a part-time family court judge at the Central Family Court. He is an Accredited Specialist (with portfolios in Substantial Assets and International Cases), a Member of the English Law Society Family Law Committee, a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, a Fellow of the Centre for Social Justice, and a member of the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia.  He is author of The International Family Law Practice (Jordan’s 5th edition Dec 2016).  He is honorary Professor at Leicester University and visiting Professor at the University of Law.  He received the OBE in 2015 for services to international family law.  

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6 JAN 2016

Priority of proceedings under EU Brussels II: An Irish High Court decision may mean all change after 15 years of practice Priority of proceedings under EU...
On Wednesday 2 December 2015, Ireland’s High Court by its most senior family court judge, Mr Justice Henry Abbott, handed down a decision, just published, in an Anglo-Irish case which dramatically...
6 JAN 2016
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14 DEC 2015

Towards a digital family court Towards a digital family court
Those of us who have been campaigning since the last years of the last century for the use of digital resources in the family courts have felt as if we have been crying in the wilderness for someone...
14 DEC 2015
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2 DEC 2015

Consultation on EU Mediation Directive Consultation on EU Mediation Directive
Calling all mediators and arbitrators. The EU is conducting a periodic review of the operation of the EU Mediation Directive which encourages mediation in Member States, training and standards and...
2 DEC 2015
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16 OCT 2015

Recitals, indemnities and third-party orders: overturning old orthodoxies of orders Recitals, indemnities and third-party...
In financial proceedings, can the family court order one party to indemnify the other for various debts and liabilities? Can it order one party to make payments to a third party? If it can’t,...
16 OCT 2015
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5 OCT 2015

Family Court power to order interim sale and vacant possession of the family home: ​BR v VT [2015] EWHC 2727 (Fam) Family Court power to order interim sale...
Can the family court order the family home, or indeed any other family property, to be sold (with vacant possession given on sale) and the proceeds distributed on an interim basis before the final...
5 OCT 2015
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13 JUL 2015

Law Commission extends time for family law consultation Law Commission extends time for family...
The Law Commission has extended the deadline for consultation responses to their project on the enforcement of family court financial orders to the 31 July 2015.In my experience both the law and the...
13 JUL 2015
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3 JUL 2015

The Islamic marriage conundrum The Islamic marriage conundrum
In May 2015 an important conference was held at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies to consider the conundrum of the non-registration of many marriage ceremonies between Muslims. In...
3 JUL 2015
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11 MAY 2015

The British general election 2015 and international family law The British general election 2015 and...
On 7 May 2015 the United Kingdom went to the polls to elect our next government. What might be some of the outcomes and future considerations for international family law from the perspective of...
11 MAY 2015
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12 JAN 2015

New EU law in force today providing cross border protection for victims of domestic violence and others New EU law in force today providing...
The Protection Measures Regulation On 11 January 2015, Regulation (EU) No. 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on Mutual Recognition of Protection Measures in Civil...
12 JAN 2015
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15 SEP 2014

David Hodson on International Family Law: Scottish families and family law David Hodson on International Family...
What if Scotland decides on 18th September to vote for independence? No one will decide on family law reasons. But what might be some family law implications for the Union and for Anglo Scottish...
15 SEP 2014
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