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Attorneys at Law                         FSD Law Group Inc.                        Peskind Law Firm
Attorney Zharov’s Team                   Fullenweider Wilhite                      Quinn Legal
Borel & Barbey                           Haraguchi International Law Office        Ruth Dayan Law Firm
Boulby Weinberg LLP                      International Academy of Family Lawyers   Satrio Law Firm
Ceschini & Restignoli                    (IAFL)                                    TWS Legal Consultants
Chia Wong Chambers LLC                   Kingsley Napley LLP                       Villard Cornec & Partners
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Table of Contents

Expert Chapters
 1    International Marital Agreements – the Approach by the English Court on Divorce
      Charlotte Bradley, Kingsley Napley LLP
      The Practice of International Family Law
 7
      Rachael Kelsey & Mia Reich Sjögren, International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)

 13   Brexit and Family Law
      Charlotte Bradley & Stacey Nevin, Kingsley Napley LLP

 17   Arbitration in Religious Communities
      Gary Conway, Lloyd Platt & Co.

Country Q&A Chapters
 21   Armenia                                                         121 Japan
      Concern Dialog Law Firm: Narine Beglaryan &                            Haraguchi International Law Office: Kaoru Haraguchi
      Seda Soghomonyan
                                                                      128 Jersey
      Australia                                                              Corbett Le Quesne: Barbara Corbett &
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      Pearson Emerson Meyer Family Lawyers:                                  Nicholas Le Quesne
      Sheridan Emerson & Louise Carter
                                                                      135 Malaysia
 38   Bermuda                                                                Ariff Rozhan & Co: Ezane Chong
      Wakefield Quin Limited: Cristen Suess
                                                                      142 Malta
      Canada – Ontario                                                       Fenech & Fenech Advocates: Robert Thake
 45
      Boulby Weinberg LLP: Sarah Boulby & Oren Weinberg
                                                                      147 Northern Ireland
      Canada – Quebec                                                        Millar McCall Wylie LLP, Solicitors: Clare Lenaghan
 51
      FSD Law Group Inc.: Pierre-Hugues Fortin &
      Marie-Hélène Saad                                               154 Russia
                                                                             Villard Cornec & Partners and Attorney Zharov’s Team:
      England & Wales                                                        Julie Losson & Anton Zharov
 58
      Kingsley Napley LLP: Charlotte Bradley
                                                                      162 Singapore
      Finland                                                                Chia Wong Chambers LLC: Wong Kai Yun
 66
      Asianajotoimisto Juhani Salmenkylä Ky,
      Attorneys at Law: Hilkka Salmenkylä                             170 South Africa
                                                                             Miller du Toit Cloete Inc: Zenobia du Toit & Sandra Van
      France                                                                 Staden
 73
      Diane Sussman: Diane Sussman
                                                                      178 Spain
      Germany                                                                Arbáizar Abogados: Amparo Arbáizar
 81
      MEYER-KÖRING: Marie Baronin von Maydell &
      Nikolaus J. Plitzko                                             186 Switzerland
                                                                             Borel & Barbey: Sonia Ryser
      Hong Kong
 87
      Withers: Sharon Ser & Philippa Hewitt                           193 United Arab Emirates
                                                                             TWS Legal Consultants: Nita Maru

 97   Indonesia
      Satrio Law Firm: Andrew I. Sriro                                198 USA – Illinois
                                                                             Peskind Law Firm: Steven N. Peskind
103 Isle of Man                                                       204 USA – New York
    Quinn Legal: Louise Byrne & Claire Clampton
                                                                             Cohen Rabin Stine Schumann LLP:
109 Israel                                                                   Gretchen Beall Schumann
      Ruth Dayan Law Firm: Ruth Dayan Wolfner &
      Tali Sivan Lahav                                                210 USA – Texas
                                                                             Fullenweider Wilhite: Lauren E. Waddell
115 Italy
    Ceschini & Restignoli: Roberta Ceschini
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Brexit and Family Law
                                                                                                 Charlotte Bradley

Kingsley Napley LLP                                                                              Stacey Nevin

                                                                                 reached with the EU that impacts family law, and updates may be
Introduction                                                                     necessary.
More than three years have passed since the result of the Brexit
referendum and the prospects of a deal remain uncertain. The
                                                                                  Divorce
United Kingdom now has a new Brexit deadline of 31 October
2019, after several unsuccessful attempts to reach a deal. The risk
of a no-deal Brexit looms large and UK practitioners are well                    At present, all parts of the United Kingdom (England & Wales,
advised to prepare for this eventuality.                                         Scotland and Northern Ireland) are signatories to Council Regulation
                                                                                 (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction
                                                                                 and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial
New Domestic Legislation
                                                                                 matters and the matters of parental responsibility (“Brussels IIa’’)
The UK government has already taken steps to change its domestic                 by virtue of being Member States of the European Union. Article
law, in readiness for Brexit. Article 288 of the Treaty on the                   21 provides for there to be automatic recognition in all Member
Functioning of the European Union (the TFEU) requires all                        States of divorce, legal separation or marriage annulment orders,
Member States to “adopt regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations      with the limited grounds for non-recognition set out in Article 22.
and opinions” made by the European Union. Various EU Regulations                    By virtue of Brussels IIa, we have a harmonised set of rules
and Directives are binding on the UK, and directly applicable. The               across the European Union on jurisdiction, with a procedure
triggering of Article 50 on 29 March 2017 started the, now extended,             stipulated in the event that there are competing jurisdictions. Whilst
two-year countdown to Brexit. Once the United Kingdom leaves                     the lis pendens rule is controversial, there is at least a uniform criterion
the European Union, it will cease to be a signatory to the TFEU, and             for jurisdiction across all Member States, and we know what should
will therefore no longer remain subject to Article 288. Without                  happen in the event two competing jurisdictions are seized by both
proactive steps, all aspects of EU law would cease to have force in              parties.
the United Kingdom; they would simply fall away leaving a legal                     Post-Brexit, the United Kingdom will cease to be a signatory of
vacuum. The UK government needs to fill that vacuum.                             Brussels IIa and the jurisdiction criterion will cease to apply. The
   In readiness for Brexit, the English government has released a                Brexit SI seeks to adopt the jurisdiction criterion for jurisdiction
draft Statutory Instrument (“The Jurisdiction and Judgments                      (save that joint applications are not currently possible in England and
(Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019”) (referred                 Wales), with an additional ground of “sole domicile”. In the event
to as the “Brexit SI’’ throughout this chapter), which contains exten-           of a no-deal Brexit, from a UK perspective, the lis pendens rule will
sive transitional arrangements in the event of Brexit. One                       end and forum cases will be decided in the same manner as cases
amendment has been made to that already (“The Jurisdiction and                   with non-EU forum disputes, namely on the basis of forum non
Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations                conveniens. The Brexit SI expressly provides for this. Whilst some
2019 No. 836”), which is discussed further below. As a result of the             practitioners may rejoice at the end of the lis pendens rule for UK-EU
Brexit SI, practitioners in England and Wales are starting to form a             cases (a practice which can lead to arbitrary and unfair decisions),
picture of what family law in a post no-deal Brexit world will look              the strain that a removal may place on the already stretched UK
like, at least in respect of outgoing decisions (i.e. decisions made by          courts is a concern. Until test cases come through the courts in the
the courts in England and Wales in cases involving one of the                    post-Brexit era (assuming no deal), it is difficult to say whether the
remaining 27 EU Member States). In a similar fashion, the Scottish               return to forum non conveniens will see increased court time and cost,
parliament has released a draft Statutory Instrument dealing with the            as parties examine every connecting factor with the competing
position in Scotland following a no-deal Brexit (“The Jurisdiction               Member States. Many practitioners fear that it will lead to lengthier
and Judgments (Family, Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex                  trials, as evidence of fact is examined, longer witness statements and
Couples)) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations                      therefore, higher costs. In particular for courts dealing with litigants
2019”), although, save for touching upon Brexit issues for Anglo-                in person, disputes could become very burdensome both of the
Scot cases, the Scottish position is beyond the scope of this chapter.           courts and the parties.
   Whilst nothing is final yet, what is clear from the Brexit SI is that,           At present, UK divorces are recognised throughout the European
in the event of a no-deal Brexit, there are a number of areas where              Union automatically by virtue of Brussels IIa. On Exit Day, this will
the position will be different post-Brexit compared to the position              cease to apply, and reference will need to be made to the 1970 Hague
pre-Brexit, and the need for parallel advice in other jurisdictions will         Convention. Presently, however, only 12 of the remaining EU
become ever more important. Some (non-exhaustive) examples are                   Member States are signatories to the 1970 Hague Convention.
set out here, which are correct at least at the time of writing ( July           Whilst local advice should always be taken, it is considered that these
2019). By the time this chapter is published, further amendments                 12 Member States are likely to recognise UK divorces. The 15 EU
may have been made to the Brexit SI or a deal may have been                      Member States who are not signatories present more uncertainty,

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     although politically, it is difficult to see why those Member States       Member States who are contracted states, it will be necessary to check
     would cease to recognise civil UK divorces, as they have recognised        if that Member State has made any reservations or declarations in
     them for so many years. At the risk of sounding repetitive, however,       respect of the 2007 Hague Convention.
     early local advice, in parallel, will be crucial.                             A positive change for the United Kingdom in respect of mainten-
                                                                                ance post-Brexit is the amendment to the Brexit SI set out in “The
      Same-sex marriages                                                        Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) (No.
                                                                                2) Regulations 2019 No. 836”. As a result of the hard work of
                                                                                Resolution, (in particular, Eleri Jones of the Resolution Brexit
     Only 14 of the remaining 27 Member States allow same-sex                   Working Group), England and Wales’ domestic Children Act 1989 will
     marriage, with seven countries actually banning same-sex marriage          deal with jurisdiction for child maintenance claims under Schedule 1
     in their constitutions. Only 13 of the 27 remaining Members States         of the Children Act 1989 in the same manner as the Maintenance
     recognise civil partnerships. Currently, under EU law, same-sex            Regulation. Unlike the Maintenance Regulation, the Children Act
     marriages are likely to be recognised. After Exit Day, it is not clear     1989 will apply to worldwide cases, not just intra-EU cases.
     if same-sex couples will benefit from this protection. From an
     outgoing perspective (i.e. cases going out of the UK), it is thought
     that divorce arising from same-sex marriages should be covered by          Pensions
     the 2007 Hague Convention. Civil partnerships, however, do not             Disappointingly for English and Welsh practitioners, the Brexit SI
     appear to be covered.                                                      makes no provision similar to Article 7 of the Maintenance
                                                                                Regulation ( forum necessitates), which will impact the ability to seek
      Maintenance                                                               English pension sharing orders after a foreign pension sharing order
                                                                                or agreement. These orders currently occur under Part III of the
                                                                                Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, and, for those cases
     Currently, the United Kingdom applies the “Maintenance                     where there is no jurisdiction available (because the parties do not
     Regulation” (Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009). On Exit Day, the          have an ongoing connection to England and Wales, save for the
     Maintenance Regulation will cease to apply to the UK. As the United        English pension), Article 7 provides a route to make that claim. As
     Kingdom loses the Maintenance Regulation, so too does it lose the          there is no similar provision in the Brexit SI, any parties without a
     sole domicile restriction. Article 3 of the EU Maintenance                 connection to England (but for an English pension) will be unable
     Regulation states that EU Member States only have jurisdiction for         to make a Part III claim for an English pension sharing order after a
     maintenance when either party is habitually resident in that country       foreign order or agreement. Whilst this will only affect a small
     or when ancillary to divorce proceedings, provided jurisdiction for        number of cases, it is nonetheless a disappointment. For
     the divorce proceedings is not based exclusively on sole domicile (or      practitioners dealing with cases with that scenario, any application
     sole nationality). This means that for cases where sole domicile is        under Part III relying on Article 7 will need to be made before Exit
     relied on (i.e. when other tests for jurisdiction cannot be satisfied in   Day.
     the UK or any other Member State, or where there are connections
     with countries outside of the European Union), the United Kingdom
     (as with the other member states) cannot make needs-based mainten-
                                                                                Children Proceedings, Including Abduction
     ance awards. This is a deeply unsatisfying position, and an example        After Exit Day, the UK will no longer apply the provisions of
     where it can be said that EU family law overreaches English law.           Brussels IIa to children cases, falling back on the 1996 Hague
     Post-Brexit, this restriction will fall away. However, before UK           Convention on Parental Responsibility and Protection of Children
     practitioners rejoice, this in itself will not be without problems. An     (the “1996 Hague Convention”). A number of changes will arise as
     order based on sole domicile may not be recognised or enforceable          a result of this, some examples of which are considered here.
     in some of the remaining EU Member States, and pleading multiple              In losing Brussels IIa, the UK will lose the benefit of Articles
     grounds (if available) may be necessary.                                   11(6) to (8) for cases of child abduction, which are not replicated in
        Post-Brexit, the United Kingdom will apply the 2007 Hague               the 1996 Hague Convention. These provisions enable applicants a
     Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and              second attempt at return proceedings after Hague proceedings have
     Other Forms of Family Maintenance (the “2007 Hague                         concluded and will no longer be available to UK-EU cases. The
     Convention”) to maintenance issues, having now independently               logic behind these provisions was to act as a deterrent to would-be
     ratified it, and it will apply immediately on Exit Day. The 2007 Hague     child abductors.
     Convention does not, however, contain a code of jurisdiction in the           Brussels IIa expressly requires expedition of cases in child
     way the Maintenance Regulation does. Further, the Brexit SI does           abduction, with cases to be determined within six weeks, save for in
     not contain express rules for jurisdiction in respect of maintenance       exceptional circumstances. No such provision exists in the 1996
     claims. Whilst it replaces the jurisdiction provisions for Brussels IIa,   Hague Convention. That being said, it is hoped that there will still
     it does not do the same for the Maintenance Regulation. Prior to           be a willingness amongst the judiciary to deal with such cases swiftly,
     Brussels IIa, the position was that maintenance jurisdiction would         regardless of the jurisdictions in question, as in most cases this is
     follow divorce jurisdiction. Presumably, in the absence of jurisdiction    clearly in the best interests of the child.
     provision in the Brexit SI, that is the intended position post-Brexit         Legal aid is not available for recognition and enforcement of
     (as in the absence of replacement domestic law we will revert back         orders under the 1996 Hague Convention, as it is under Brussels IIa
     to the pre-Brexit law). How that will be viewed by the remaining EU        and, disappointingly, it is understood this disparity will continue after
     Member States remains to be seen. It will be important (in fact,           Exit Day.
     essential) to consider the jurisdiction rules in any remaining Member         The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union means it
     State where enforcement might be necessary as early as possible.           will not benefit from the enhanced provisions provided in the recast
        A concern amongst many UK practitioners was, and remains, the           of Brussels IIa when they start to apply in 2021, such as: the
     loss of reciprocity and uniformity for UK-EU cases. Whilst use of          complete abolition of exequatur for all decisions in matters of
     the 2007 Hague Convention deals with that to some extent, as               parental responsibility (saving parties time and money whenever a
     considered above, only 12 of the 27 remaining EU Members States            decision needs to circulate from one Member State to another);
     are signatories to the Convention. For those Member States that are        clearer rules on the opportunity for the child to express his/her
     not, as with non-EU states, it will be necessary to consider that          views with the introduction of an obligation to give the child a
     Member State’s domestic legislation or codes. Even for those               genuine and effective opportunity to express his/her views; and the

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harmonisation of certain rules for the enforcement procedure                  likely to be of limited value; the world has changed dramatically since
(Including enabling Article 20 urgent protective measures to be               then and families are more international than ever before. Around
capable of recognition and enforcement in other EU Member States.             900,000 UK citizens are long-term residents of other EU countries.i
This will not assist any UK orders as the recast will not apply to the        Likewise, there are estimated to be 3.7 million EU citizens living in
United Kingdom.) There is a view that the recast will add real value,         the United Kingdom.ii Many of these individuals make up families
so it is disappointing that the United Kingdom will not benefit from          who are not confined by borders. There is no official data setting
these, although it could seek to unilaterally adopt these terms.              out how many families in the United Kingdom comprise of couples
Should that happen there is, again, a question of reciprocity, as the         with different international origins, but most UK family law
remaining EU Member States will be under no obligation to apply               practitioners would confirm that family law cases here have become
these terms to UK-EU cases. However, some aspects of the recast               increasingly international, both in respect of the nationalities of the
are not reliant on reciprocity, such as the time limit for dealing with       individuals, and the location of assets and homes.
cases, and such term has a clear benefit to parties and children.                Post-Brexit reported cases are going to be very important for
   In respect of matters of parental responsibility, Article 9 of             practitioners, particularly during the first few years after Exit Day, if
Brussels IIa provides that, within the first three months following a         not in the best interest of clients in terms of emotional and financial
child’s move to another Member State, the child’s habitual residence          cost. Regrettably, the United Kingdom will no longer have the
will remain in the “left behind” state. Whilst this is a small window,        benefit of the European Court of Justice, and the assistance offered
it gives the “left behind” parent some reassurances that in the event         there in interpreting law and practice. At present, there is no
of an issue arising within that window, the court of the former               proposal for a replacement body.
Member State could deal with any issues and modify the order. This
provision is not provided for in the 1996 Hague Convention, so as             Conclusion
matters stand, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, this small but helpful
                                                                              Having now had three years of unsuccessful negotiations, it could
window will fall away for any UK-EU cases.
                                                                              be said that the United Kingdom seriously underestimated the scale
   Currently, English contact orders are automatically recognisable
                                                                              of the task at hand. The negotiations for Brexit are far more
and enforceable in Member States, providing the appropriate
                                                                              difficult and wide-reaching than perhaps anybody had contemplated
certificate is annexed to the Order. After Exit Day, English contact
                                                                              prior to the referendum. Calls for a revocation of Article 50 are
orders will face a two-tier process with contracting states to the 1996
                                                                              frequently made, but in the current political landscape, it seems
Hague Convention; firstly, recognition and secondly, enforcement.
                                                                              unlikely to happen. So far as practitioners are concerned, Brexit is
Whilst this is not an absolute bar, it poses the threat of higher costs
                                                                              happening and future-proofing cases to the extent possible, with
for litigants and greater delays. Obtaining mirror orders, at the
                                                                              parallel advice, mirror orders and expectation management with
earliest opportunity, could alleviate any enforcement concerns,
                                                                              clients is important. Ironically, at a time where we seek to leave the
although at greater financial cost to clients.
                                                                              European Union, our relationships with practitioners in Member
                                                                              States will become ever more important as we move into a new era
The Approach of the Remaining EU Member                                       of family law.
States
On 18 January 2019, the European Commission produced guidance                 References
for Member States, dealing with jurisdiction, recognition and                 ■ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/
enforcement in civil justice and private children law. Whilst it is             populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/whatin
guidance only, it states that an EU Member State will not give effect           formationisthereonbritishmigrantslivingineurope/jan2017.
to a UK order made before Exit Day unless the required registration           ■ https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/
process has been concluded before Exit Day. More generally, unless              populationandmigration/internationalmigration/datasets/popul
there is overriding EU guidance or agreement in place, the position             ationoftheunitedkingdombycountryofbirthandnationality.
taken on UK orders and decisions will be down to each individual
Member State, as per their national law. The position could differ
between different Member States and, again, parallel advice in the
                                                                              Endnotes
country in question will be crucial.                                          i.  Office of National Statistics report; What information is there on
                                                                                  British migrants living in Europe?: January 2017.
                                                                              ii. Office of National Statistics; Population of the UK by country of
Anglo–English Issues Arising on Brexit
                                                                                  birth and nationality.
England & Wales and Scotland, as two independent jurisdictions, do
not have complete uniformity in their domestic laws. Whilst any
differences post-Brexit are likely to apply in a limited number of
cases, for the parties to those cases, the differences are very impor-
tant as the two jurisdictions have very different rules on, for example,
maintenance provisions to spouses on divorce.

Retraining and Test Cases
As matters stand, post-Brexit the practice of UK-based practitioners
could change dramatically in some aspects of family law and UK
practitioners will need to take the responsibility of ensuring their
knowledge and practices are up to date to best serve their clients.
Brussels IIa, for example, came into force on 1 August 2004, and has
applied from 1 March 2005; almost 15 years ago. That is almost 15
years of case law that has been based on a Regulation that will no
longer apply. Reviewing the UK’s case law prior to Brussels IIa is

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                        Charlotte Bradley is head of the Family team at Kingsley Napley, where she has been a partner since 2001. Charlotte specialises in all aspects of
                        family law, including international issues, both in relation to finance (particularly cases of Schedule 1 provision for unmarried parents) and children
                        (particularly relocation). She is also an accredited mediator and collaborative lawyer. She writes regular articles and has co-authored a number of
                        books on family issues. She is the Contributing Editor for The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Family Law and fellow of the International
                        Academy of Family Lawyers.
                        In the recent published legal directories, Chambers UK and The Legal 500, she has been described as “a complete delight”, “fantastic – she has all the
                        attributes you want from an international family lawyer, and has warmth in abundance”, being “absolutely brilliant at jurisdictional elements of work”,
                        “universally respected”, “an absolute star with a relaxed and authoritative style” and “a wonderful person with an excellent mind and exceptional client care
                        skills”.

                        Kingsley Napley LLP                                                      Tel:         +44 207 814 1200
                        Knights Quarter                                                          Email:       cbradley@kingsleynapley.co.uk
                        14 St John’s Lane                                                        URL:         www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
                        London EC1M 4AJ
                        United Kingdom

                        Stacey Nevin is a Senior Associate Solicitor in the Family team at Kingsley Napley. She specialises in all aspects of family law, with a particular
                        focus on cross-border disputes involving jurisdiction races and proceedings in multiple countries, and complex financial issues including offshore
                        trust arrangements. Stacey writes regular articles and has been quoted in the press, offering commentary on landmark cases. She is a member
                        of the Brexit Working Party to the Resolution International Committee and Property, Tax and Pensions Committee, a group of lawyers formed to
                        consider the impact Brexit will have on family legislation in England & Wales.
                        In the legal directory, The Legal 500, Stacey has been described as a lawyer with “client care second to none” and “a detailed knowledge of the law and
                        good judgement when it comes to tactics”.

                        Kingsley Napley LLP                                                      Tel:         +44 207 369 3824
                        Knights Quarter                                                          Email:       snevin@kingsleynapley.co.uk
                        14 St John’s Lane                                                        URL:         www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
                        London, EC1M 4AJ
                        United Kingdom

     Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised law firm based in central
     London. Our wide range of expertise means that we are able to provide our
     clients with joined-up support in all areas of their business and private lives.
     The Family team, made of 16 lawyers and headed by Charlotte Bradley, covers
     all areas of family work, including divorce, financial issues, children (including
     relocation and surrogacy), cohabitation disputes and pre-nuptial agreements.
     Over 50% of our work has a significant international aspect.
     The team has been described by its peers as “absolutely top-end”, “a team that
     has a great breadth of experience across the board and particularly in international
     cases”, from “a standout firm” and a team that “always fights hard to defend your
     interests”. Clients have described Kingsley Napley as “an exceptional law firm,
     with extremely high-quality professionals and a kind and welcoming environment”.
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