Training Webinars
Preparing and defending international child abduction cases: practice and procedure – 2024 update (6th June 2024)
Presenter
Forum Shah
Pricing
Free to annual subscribers
£40 + VAT for non annual subscribers.
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6th June 2024, 4.30pm-5.30pm
BookJoin Forum Shah, a Partner at Dawson Cornwell LLP and accredited member of the International Child Abduction and Contact unit (ICACU), dealing with international child abduction cases, considers the practice and procedure for such cases. Forum will also consider:
- the 2023 President’s Guidance in respect of the key issues lawyers need to be aware about when preparing and defending child abduction cases.
- the practice and procedure for preparation of evidence, pleading defences, ex parte and on notice hearings, tipstaff, disclosure order undertakings and Cafcass involvement.
The webinar will focus mainly on the 1980 Hague Convention and inherent jurisdiction cases.
Time will be allocated for delegate questions at the end of the webinar and access to the webinar and slides will be provided following the webinar.
How to join the webinar
You will receive details on accessing the webinar once your booking has been finalised. Follow the instructions on the email at the specified date and time.
Presenter
Forum Shah, a Partner at Dawson Cornwell LLP specialises in private and public children law, with particular expertise in international child abduction and relocation. She receives instructions directly from the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU). She acts for both Applicants and Respondents in cases concerning the 1980 Hague Convention, as well as the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court/wardship and non Hague Convention countries.
Forum also acts for parents and other family members in care proceedings (her expertise in international children law means she is often chosen by parents residing abroad who are seeking their child to be placed with them), in living and contact arrangements, applications to relocate abroad and cases involving allegations of drug and alcohol abuse, domestic abuse and parental alienation.
She is an elected member of the Executive Committee of both the Child Abduction Lawyers Association (CALA) and the Association of Lawyers for Children (ALC). She is a member of Resolution, AIJA (The International Association of Young Lawyers), the Young Legal Aid Lawyers and The Family Law Panel. As a skilled advocate she often undertakes her own advocacy.
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