On 4 November 2016, our Partner Ms Sherlynn Chan visited Mr Hajime Ueda, the Director of Hague Convention Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, to obtain first-hand information of Hague cases in Japan and share SW’s experience in handling Hague cases in Hong Kong with the Japanese counterparts.
Since Japan joined the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 (the “1980 Hague Convention”) in 2014, there have been 106 cases on assistance in return and 108 cases on assistance in visitation or contact, out of which 2 cases involved Hong Kong Court. SW successfully acted for the Plaintiff in seeking the return of the children to Japan under the Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance, which implements the provisions of the 1980 Hague Convention (LPQ v LYW [2014] HKCU 2976). Details of the case can be accessed here.
Please contact our Ms Catherine Por or Ms Sherlynn Chan for any enquiries or further information about this event.
