The continuing refinement of habitual residence: R, petitioner.

Hill, David

Abstract

The past two years have provided fertile ground for judicial consideration of habitual residence as a factor connecting a person to a specific legal jurisdiction. Since September 2013, the connecting factor has been considered twice by the Court of Justice of the European Union1 and four times by the Supreme Court.2 These judgments were followed by a plethora of decisions from the lower courts, particularly the family division of the High Court, in which the question of habitual residence has been considered in myriad factual circumstances. The principal focus of this analysis is the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the Scottish case of R, Petitioner,3 but in order fully to understand the context in which this decision was made it is necessary first to consider the development of the law in these earlier judgments, particularly that of A v A.

Citation

HILL, D. 2015. The continuing refinement of habitual residence: R, petitioner. Edinburgh law review [online], 20(1), pages 82-86. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2016.0325

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 31, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 31, 2016
• Deposit Date: Sep 9, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 9, 2016
• Journal: Edinburgh law review
• Print ISSN: 1364-9809
• Electronic ISSN: 1755-1692
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 82-86
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2016.0325
• Keywords: Habitual residence; Legal jurisdiction; Family division; R; Petitioner
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1628