Professor David Hodson OBE MCIArb, Partner and joint founder, International Family Law Group, judge, lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, founder of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association) International Committee, member of Family Justice Council International Committee and author of Practical Aspects of International Family Law and Family Law Leaves the EU - A Summary Guide for Practitioners

Paolo Bruno, JHA Counsellor, Judicial Cooperation in Civil Matters, Permanent Representation of Italy to the EU

David Hodson OBE MCIArb, Partner and joint founder, International Family Law Group, judge, lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, founder of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association) International Committee, member of Family Justice Council International Committee and author of Practical Aspects of International Family Law

Ann Thomas, Managing Partner, International Family Law Group, lawyer, mediator, trained collaborative lawyer, member of Reunite and former Chair of Resolution International Committee

Irene Kroezen LLM, Coordinator, Mediation Bureau of the International Child Abduction Center, the Netherlands

Fernando Rui Paulino Pereira, Head of Unit, Judicial cooperation in civil matters, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Avv. Marina Marino, Vice President, Istituto Italiano di Diritto Collaborativo (Italian Institute for Collaborative Law (IICL))

Pilar Tintoré, Advocada, PACTA LEGAL, Barcelona

Avv. Maria Francesca Corradi, Corradi Studio, Rome

Fernando Rui Paulino Pereira, Head of Unit, Judicial cooperation in civil matters, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union

Colin Rogerson, Solicitor Advocate, Dawson Cornwell, specialises in the law relating to surrogacy, assisted reproduction and family formation, regularly advises on surrogacy law and parental order applications for intended parents, as well as donor conception disputes and LGBT parenting cases and the international movement of children and member of the International Surrogacy Forum

Mert Yalcin, Attorney at Law (LL.M.), Partner, Yalcin & Toygar & Tufekci Law Office, National Representative AIJA International Association of Young Lawyers, Turkey

Melanie Barnes, Consultant Solicitor and Mediator, Turpin & Miller LLP, specialises in enforcement and establishment of international maintenance claims, author of International Child Maintenance and Family Obligations

 David Williams QC, Four Paper Buildings, London, Barrister and Mediator specialising in private international law relating to children, in particular child abduction Blog: http://internationalfamilylaw-dw.blogspot.co.uk

Hannah Budd, Partner, the International Family Law Group LLP, Solicitor, specialises in resolving complex family law cases, often with an international element, including dealing with disputes in relation to jurisdiction and the resolution of complex financial issues

Carolina Marín Pedreño, Partner, Dawson Cornwell, Spanish Abogado and cross-qualified Solicitor in England and Wales

Karen O'Leary, Caldwell & Robinson Solicitors, tri-jurisdictionally qualified (Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and England and Wales), accredited member of the Northern Ireland Children’s Panel, trained mediator, member of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of Northern Ireland and qualified Advanced Advocate in Northern Ireland

Avv. Nicola Maria Metta, Ph.D., Partner and Head of International Department, Studio Legale Metta, Italy and Vice-President of the association for the Irish-Italian Chamber of Commerce

Ruth Cabeza, Field Court Chambers, called to the Bar in 1998

Doctor Charlotte Butruille-Cardew LLM, Avocat au barreau de Paris and au barreau de Londres, Cabinet CBBC Avocats a la cour, Founding Member and Secretary of the French Family Law Institute and President of the French Collaborative Practice Group

Marco Calabrese, Partner, Family Law Italy, founder and former President of the Italian Institute for Collaborative Law, collaborative lawyer and mediator

Fernando Rui Paulino Pereira, Head of Unit, Judicial cooperation in civil matters, General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union 

1. Introduction 

2. Material scope of application of judicial cooperation  

3. Territorial scope of application of judicial cooperation

4. Procedure for the adoption of legislative measures 

5. Achievements 

6. Divorce and legal separation 

7. Parental responsibility 

8. Return of children 

9. Maintenance obligations 

10. EU measures on judicial cooperation 

11. Instruments in the area of family law 

12. Conclusions

David Hodson OBE, Partner and joint founder, International Family Law Group, judge, lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, voted inaugural Jordans Family Law Commentator of the Year 2011, Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, founder of Resolution (formerly the Solicitors Family Law Association) International Committee, member of Family Justice Council International Committee, Chair of Family Law Review Group of the Centre for Social Justice, member of Advisory Board of the Law Commission on marital agreements and the Financial Services Authority on information for separating and divorcing couples, author of Practical Aspects of International Family Law

David Hodson prepared with Ann Thomas, Managing Partner, International Family Law Group, lawyer, mediator and trained collaborative lawyer, Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, member of Reunite, Chair of Resolution International Committee, former Chair of Family Law Steering group of LawNet, former President and founder of Eurojuris International Family Lawyers Practice Group

Fernando Rui Paulino Pereira

David Hodson

James Carroll, Partner, Family Team, Russell-Cooke Solicitors, mediator and collaborative family lawyer, joint Chair of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales, member of the Law Commission's Advisory Group on Pre-Nuptial Agreements, the International Association of Collaborative Practitioners, Resolution and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law and author of the Law Society's Family Law Protocol on financial provision for unmarried parents

Denise Carter OBE (awarded for her dedication to the cause of international parental child abduction through her work with the reunite International Child Abduction Centre charity), Consultant and Head of Mediation Services, International Family Law Group, mediator, former Director of reunite International Child Abduction Centre and independent expert to the Hague Conference on Private International Law