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European Communities - Fifth Report

Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Lords to be printed 22 July 1997.

CONTENTS



DescriptionParagraph

PART 1 INTRODUCTION 1

PART 2 ISSUES AND EVIDENCE 6
Need for the Convention 6
Role of the Community-the legal basis for action 14
Effect of Convention on law and practice in the United Kingdom 16
  (i) Jurisdiction in relation to divorce etc. 16
  (ii) Jurisdiction in relation to custody orders 28
  (iii) Recognition and enforcement-divorce etc 35
  (iv) Recognition and enforcement-custody orders 41
Relationship with other Conventions 45
Role of European Court of Justice 49

PART 3 OPINION 54
Introduction-the need for a Convention 54
Role of the Community/Union-the legal base 59
Changes to United Kingdom law and practice 61
Relationship with other international instruments 66
Role of the European Court 67
Conclusion 59
Recommendation 70

Appendix 1-Membership of Sub-Committee

Appendix 2-List of Witnesses

NOTE: Pages of the Report and Appendices are numbered in bold type; pages of evidence are numbered in ordinary type. References in the text of the Report are as follows:

  (Q)  refers to a question in oral evidence;

  (p)  with a bold number refers to a page of the Report or Appendices and with an ordinary number to a page of evidence.

 
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