Controversial: An EU plan is calling for family courts across Europe to hear cases using the laws of whichever country the couple involved have close links to
Judges could be forced to bow to Sharia law in some divorce cases heard in Britain.
An EU plan calls for family courts across Europe to hear cases using the laws of whichever country the couple involved have close links to.
That could mean a court in England handling a case within the French legal framework, or even applying the laws of Saudi Arabia to a husband and wife living in Britain.
The Centre for Social Justice think tank today attacked the so-called Rome III reform as ludicrous.
It warned it would slow down cases, increase costs and lead to unjust results.
However, in a report it says existing arrangements are 'anti-family'.Currently, a couple from different EU states can have their divorce heard in the first country where one of them files divorce papers.
Because different states offer varying financial advantages to spouses in terms of division of wealth, the resulting 'race to court' in the best jurisdiction discourages couples from trying to save their marriage, it says.
The report calls for a simpler solution, with each country applying its own laws and cases being heard in the country where the couple have the closest connection.
At least nine EU states - not including the UK - are said to want to push ahead with the Rome III plan.
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ReplyDeleteCan you imagine anything which could help mainstream these morons any more than THIS KIND OF STUPIDITY?
Its beginning to sound more and more like Europe might be better off, if no one even thought of the EU. I hope against hope, that Britain abandons its recently created Sharia courts, and decides to tell the EU to pound sand over this.
ReplyDeleteDamien, the number of people who are starting to wake up over here is growing by the day, including my Brother who I was speaking to at the weekend. To put it into perspective he is not a hardline liberal but he is married to one and has been influenced shall we say over the years. Anyway, the subject came up and BOTH of them knew exactly what Sharia law was, why it has to be opposed, the double standards of Islam, what the end goal of Islam is (the whole world islamised) the whole nine yards - I nearly choked!
ReplyDeleteOf course, that's just one example but generally when I speak to people when the subject comes up people aren't as ignorant or scared to express opinions than they were say even a year ago.
I've maintained all along there will be a tipping point and once we're over it you're going to see a lot of violence like the Bradford riots a few years ago but on a larger scale.
Just Cause,
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know. Its always nice to hear some good news.
Just Cause,
ReplyDeleteThat is great news.
I would estimate that about half of the people I am around understand the problem.
But, of course, that's anecdotal.
By the way, few people have any passion about it. Maybe 15% of the people I meet.
ReplyDeleteHowever, as I understand it, there wasn't a much larger % who understood the American Revolution, the Civil War, or WWII.