Jersey International Family Law Conference

The conference, debate and dinner is due to take place on Friday 8th October at the L’Horizon Hotel where rooms are fully booked for the weekend.

Sir Andrew McFarlane is a very important guest for the legal community in Jersey. He has been involved in some of the most high profile cases of the last 50 years. He was appointed to the role of President of the Family Division of the Courts of Justice by the Queen and is also a Member of the Court of Appeal.

Sir Andrew was due to attend the conference last year but it was postponed due to Covid. Advocate Barbara Corbett (shown in the main picture) commented “It was such a blow when the conference was delayed, everyone w as looking forward to it and we were so lucky that Sir Andrew had agreed to speak in Jersey. We did not know if such a fantastic opportunity would arise again. Thankfully he was equally keen to come over for the re-scheduled event and he plans to enjoy some time in Jersey on this visit.”

The event includes a debate about child abduction and whether or not ‘welfare and the paramountcy principle should always trump summary return’, with QCs attending to argue vociferously on both sides.

Advocate Nick Le Quesne said “2021 has been a busy year and we are delighted to be able to host this again after two of our conferences were disrupted by Covid. The Jersey International Family Law Conference is always so well received and we are really proud to have such strong international links which are crucial to family law in Jersey.”