Chambers of Dr Giuseppe Calà
New Court, Temple, London
EC4Y 9BE (DX 0018 LDE)
Tel. 0207 583 5123 Fax. 0207 353 3383
Dr Giuseppe Cala' SC
Year of call:
1971
Accademic Qualifications:
- Bachelor in Canon Law ( Gregorian University - Vatican) 1968
- Master in Canon Law ( Gregorian University - Vatican) 1969
- LLD in Civil Law (Universita' La Sapienza - Rome) 1970
- Private and Public International Law ( Academy of the Hague) 1973
Professional qualifications:
- Admitted to plead before the Ecclesiastical Courts (Roman Catholic Jurisdictions) ( Vatican) 1970.
- Member of the Italian Bar of Rome 197.
- Appointed Senior Counsel by the Italian Council of the Bar 1991.
Areas of work covered:
- Private International law disputes related to family matters and all aspects of Italian Civil Law, including child abductions (Hague and European Conventions), Inheritance disputes, questions of choice of jurisdictions in family matters according to the EEC Regulations.
- Matrimonial matters governed by the rules of the Roman Catholic Canon Law.
- Alternative Dispute Resolutions in family matters in Italy.
Relevant experience:
- Appearances in Family Proceedings in the Italian Courts, and in the European Courts in Luxembourg and in the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
- Appearance before the Ecclesiastical Court of the Roman Catholic Jurisdiction ( Vatican) in Matrimonial matters
Membership of professional associations:
- Member of the European Circuit of the Bar.
- Member of the Italian Civil Chamber of the Rome Bar Council.
Appointments:
- Member of the Italian Government Law Commission for the reform of the Italian Code of Civil Procedure (2002-2003)
- Part time Lecturer at the University of Macerata ( Italy) in Ecclesiastical Comparative Law and at the Master Course in Family Law and Family Mediation.
- Part time Lecturer in Private International Law at the Italian Bar Vocational Course of the Rome Civil Law Chamber.