Posts in Hague Convention

Nov 15 Nowlan v. Nowlan: The “Now Settled” Exception of the Hague Convention

In Nowlan v. Nowlan, Justice Fraser of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice considered whether an exception within the Hague ...

Oct 31 Knight v. Gottesman: An In-Depth View of the Hague Convention

In the recent case, Knight v. Gottesman , the parties appeared before Justice Shore of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to ...

May 04 Travel to a non-Hague Jurisdiction

Gare v. El Nashar , 2018 ONSC 477 In Gare v. El Nashar , the court was confronted with 3 different issues, however, the ...

Jan 06 Access Suspension and Restraining Orders

Watts v Sheppard 2016 ONSC 8062 In this case penned by Justice Nicholson of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Respondent ...

Dec 04 Decision On Habitual Residence Was Contrary To Purpose Of The Hague Convention

Balev v. Baggott , 2016 CarswellOnt 14331 (Ont. C.A.) In this decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Court reversed the ...

Jan 11 Hague Convention, Habitual Residence and Parens Patriae

Habib v Armin , 2014 ONSC 5330 In this international child abduction case, the Court examines the role of parens patriae doctrine ...