David Hodson on International Family Law: Divorce tourism

Last week The Times (10 April) ran a front-page story headed "'Divorce tourists' take over the courts".  It compiled statistics about the number of family cases involving an international element and other civil litigation involving people from abroad.  Inevitably it took the opportunity to feature pictures and stories of the rich and famous and glamorous who had taken their cases to the English courts.  Much more seriously it followed up with an editorial looking at the challenge to the English justice system which like all public services in the UK faces dramatic financial cuts leading to lesser availability of judges courtrooms court staff and court services.

It follows also the report of LJ Thorpe of the work of the Office of International Family Justice.

Read the full article here.