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Dubai Supreme Court Admits Reciprocity with the UK and Enforces an English Judgment

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In that judgment, the English court ordered the division and transfer of property as part of the distribution of matrimonial property on divorce. The Execution Court granted the petition and ordered the enforcement of the English judgment. The decision was confirmed on appeal. Y appealed to the DSC. exceptional.

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The Abu Dhabi Civil Family Court on the Law on Civil Marriage – Applicability to Foreign Muslim and the Complex Issue of International Jurisdiction

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Introduction In a previous post , I reported and commented on a decision rendered by the Abu Dhabi Supreme Court (hereinafter “ADSC”) in which the Court addressed the issue of the applicability of the Abu Dhabi Civil Marriage Law (Law No. Comments Two main issues deserve to be particularly highlighted here.

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25th Volume of the Japanese Yearbook of Private International Law (2023)

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Its main objective is to promote the study of private international law and encourage cooperation with similar academic institutions abroad, as well as coordination among private international law scholars. It suggests that Japan might consider recognizing parentage through foreign decisions. Gakkai ) (hereinafter “PILAJ”).

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Praxis des Internationalen Privat- und Verfahrensrechts (IPRax) 3/2021: Abstracts

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In its judgment of 5/5/2020, the Kammergericht Berlin (Higher Regional Court of Berlin) addressed one of the main outstanding issues of German private international law of filiation. When children are born out of wedlock, but within close temporal relation to a divorce, the competing connecting factors provided for in Art.

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Foreign Child Marriages and Constitutional Law – German Constitutional Court Holds Parts of the German Act to Combat Child Marriages Unconstitutional

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The wife in the case had been fourteen when the case started in the first instance courts; she is now 22, and her marriage certainly no longer a child marriage. And as a matter of fact, the Constitutional Court decision itself is already almost two months old; it was rendered on February 1. What should it do?

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European Commission Proposal for a Regulation on Private International Law Rules Relating to Parenthood

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In this sense, the proposal covers the three main pillars of private international law and it will also introduce a European Certificate on Parenthood. It covers not only the recognition of judgments but also the recognition and acceptance of authentic instruments.

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Same-sex relationships concluded abroad in Namibia – Between (Limited) Judicial Recognition and Legislative Rejection

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The Ruling In dealing with the case, the Supreme Court focused mainly on the applicability of the doctrine of precedent in the Namibian context and the constitutional rights of the appellants. For example, would couples be considered as married if they later wished to divorce? inheritance rights)?