4PB hosted the second CALA workshop this year on 30th June exploring the topic “the use of the inherent jurisdiction” and what a resounding success it was with Christopher Hames QC chairing the event and guiding discussion throughout. With Michael Gration and Michael Edwards preparing...
CALA’s inaugural workshop hosted by 1KBW was a huge success this week. The workshop focused on developments in the law in this area and how and when to apply for a child to be separately represented. The workshop started with brief talks on the law...
We were all so very sad to learn of Wendy Kemp’s death over the Christmas period. Wendy was a crucial founding member of CALA. She was extremely popular and very well respected by her fellow CALA members having been a long established child abduction law specialist...
At CALA's AGM held on the afternoon of 1 October members approved minor alterations to our constitution which will enable CALA for the first time to accept applications for membership from those with an interest in child abduction resident outside this jurisdiction. Such members will...
CALA hosted its second evening seminar at The Royal College of Surgeons on 1 October . We were thrilled that Professor Nigel Lowe, Emeritus Professor: Cardiff Law School and Saoirse Cowley and Anna Powick: Legal Advisors to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office agreed to join...
CALA’s Chair Karan Chadha was interviewed by South East Today...
CALA held its inaugural Summer party on 25th June at Truckles of Pied Bull Yard, Bury Place. It was a fabulous evening attended by a huge number of CALA members....
CALA hosted its inaugural evening lecture at The Royal College of Surgeons on 2 March. We were thrilled that two renowned experts on international children’s law agreed to join us from the Netherlands. Christophe Bernasconi , Secretary General of the Hague Conference on Private International Law,...