Giuseppe Cala

He specializes in Private International Law disputes in Civil and Family matters, including child abductions (Hague Convention), prenuptial agreements, inheritance disputes, issues of choice of jurisdictions in family and succession matters according to the EU Regulations.He also specializes in Matrimonial Matters governed by the Rules of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Laws.

About Introduction Family Ecclesiastical Civil Arbitration & Mediation Experience Appointments Qualifications Memberships Languages

AREAS OF EXPERTISE Care & Supervision Child Abduction Divorce Family Family Finance & Property Property Property Co-Ownership Wills, Trusts & Estates

Dr Giuseppe Calà (Senior Counsel Italy 1991) was called to the Bar in Italy and in England and Wales in 1971 and he has been in practice in Italy and in England for more than 45 years.He has right of audience before all Italian Courts as well as before the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Courts since 1971. In the year 1991 he was admitted to plead before all Superior Courts in Italy: Supreme Court of Cassation, Constitutional Court, Conseil d’Etat, Cour des Comptes and before the European Court of Justice. Through his chambers in Rome Studio Legale Calà at Via dei Gracchi 283 he provides an efficient approachable service in order to meet the demands of his clients in Private International disputes in civil and commercial matters. Dr. Calà is fully qualified to undertake Direct Access work in England and in Italy on behalf of members of the public.

Introduction

Dr Giuseppe Calà (Senior Counsel Italy 1991) was called to the Bar in Italy and in England and Wales in 1971 and he has been in practice in Italy and in England for more than 45 years.

He specializes in Private International Law disputes in Civil and Family matters, including child abductions (Hague Convention), prenuptial agreements, inheritance disputes, issues of choice of jurisdictions in family and succession matters according to the EU Regulations.

He also specializes in Matrimonial Matters governed by the Rules of the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Laws.

He has right of audience before all Italian Courts as well as before the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Courts since 1971.

In the year 1991 he was admitted to plead before all Superior Courts in Italy: Supreme Court of Cassation, Constitutional Court, Conseil d’Etat, Cour des Comptes and before the European Court of Justice.

Through his chambers in Rome Studio Legale Calà at Via dei Gracchi 283 he provides an efficient approachable service in order to meet the demands of his clients in Private International disputes in civil and commercial matters.

Dr. Calà is fully qualified to undertake Direct Access work in England and in Italy on behalf of members of the public.

Family

Dr. Giuseppe Calà has relevant experience in family proceedings in cross border disputes in the Italian and English Courts, the European Court of Luxembourg and in the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. 

P-v-L (Supreme Court of Cassation United Divisions, Decision N° 27091/2017) 15.11.2017 on the Jurisdiction of the Italian Court for the maintenance of the minors and of the wife resident in England against the husband resident in Italy.

B –v- E (Court of Appeal of Bologna 1s tDivision) Decision  N° 453/2012 on the Jurisdiction of the English Court on the residence of a child conceived in Italy and born in England by both parents resident in Italy.

B –v- E (Brighton District Court) HB 11P00128 residence order for the mother of A. (child) resident in England.  

Italy –v- B (Criminal Court of  Modena - 1stDivision ) Decision N° 1865/17 of 24th April 2018 - Acquittal of the mother of the charges of abduction of a Fetus by the mother leaving Italy to deliver the baby in England. 

Ecclesiastical

He appears before the Ecclesiastical Courts of the Roman Catholic Jurisdiction (Vatican) in matrimonial matters for the nullity of Roman Catholic marriages in England, Valencia (Spain), Genoa (Italy) and Bagdad (Iraq).

He appeared before the Karachi Religious Court for a grant of a Talaq between a British citizen and his Pakistani wife according to the Muslim Family Law Ordinance 1961.

Civil

Extensive practice in all branches of Italian Civil, Family and Commercial Laws. Giuseppe was instructed in Re: The deep vein thrombosis and the air travel group litigation [2003] 1 All E.R. 935, in the High Court.

Arbitration & Mediation

In England according to the Arbitration Act 1996.

In Pakistan and in Italy according to the Italian Rules for Arbitration Proceedings. 

Experience

Giuseppe has experience in International Property Transactions, including Lebanon Company Laws, Panama Company Laws, Cyprus Company Laws and Uruguay Contract Laws. 

In Italian Court Proceedings, Giuseppe has expertise in cross border disputes in family matrimonial property transactions in England and in Italy.

Further, Giuseppe has experience in cross border tax evasion (Italian Excises) proceedings in England and in the Italian Appeal tax Commission in Trieste.

 

Bachelor in Canon Law (Gregorian University-Vatican) 1968.

Master in Canon Law (Gregorian University - Vatican) 1969.

LLD in Civil Law with honours 110/110 (Università La Sapienza - Rome) 1970.

Private and Public International Law (Academy of the Hague) 1973.