An English court should usually assume that proceedings abroad will provide for a fair hearing. The court refused to admit evidence of the legal system in Dubai and assumed that the wife would receive a fair hearing there.
Citations:
Times 20-Nov-1995, [1996] 1 FLR 478
Statutes:
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Re J (A Child), Re (Child returned abroad: Convention Rights); (Custody Rights: Jurisdiction) HL 16-Jun-2005
The parents had married under shariah law. They left the US to return to the father’s home country Saudi Arabia. They parted, and the mother brought their son to England against the father’s wishes and in breach of an agreement. The father sought . .
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Children
Updated: 09 December 2022; Ref: scu.82033