Is the Jurisdiction of England and Wales Correctly Applying the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

The jurisdiction of England and Wales is vastly experienced in application of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1 (the Convention). The UK 2 was the fifth 3 Contracting State to the Convention, which now boasts 70 State Parties, 4 and England and Wales consistently handles a significant proportion of annual Convention applications. In terms of applications, which were processed by Central Authorities, England and Wales was the second busiest Convention jurisdiction in 1999. 5 The USA handled 466 applications, England and Wales 329, and Germany 210. Indeed the Central Authority for England and Wales handled more applications than any other, the USA having split incoming and outgoing applications between two separate bodies. 6

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• International Child Abduction—The English Experience

  Open Access•Nigel Lowe, Alison Perry•International and Comparative Law…•1999

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