Professor David Hodson OBE KC(Hons)

Prof David Hodson OBE KC(Hons) MCIArb is a dual qualified English and Australian (NSW) solicitor, a mediator, an arbitrator and a deputy (part time) family court judge (DDJ) at the Central Family Court in London and recently also on the Western Circuit. He was a co-founder and for 16 years a partner at The International Family Law Group (iflg.uk.com), a specialist law firm representing international families. He is a member of the English Law Society Family Law Committee, a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, a member of LawAsia, the Family Law Section of the Law Council of Australia and a similar contributor to many family law organisations around the world. He is a regular speaker at international family law conferences around the world. He was awarded the OBE for services to international family law. He was appointed a KC(Hons) in March 2022 by virtue of making a significant impact on the law of England and Wales. He is the editor and primary author of the LexisNexis textbook ‘The International Family Law Practice’ (6th ed). He is Visiting Professor at the University of Law and Honorary Professor of Law at Leicester University. He is an Anglican lay preacher. See here for career interview: https://tinyurl.com/y7stmwjy He can be contacted on dh@davidhodson.com and via www.davidhodson.com