{"id":6958,"date":"2026-02-04T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/map-dev.ch\/isdc\/?post_type=profil&#038;p=6958"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:20:04","slug":"john-curran-ll-m","status":"publish","type":"profil","link":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/profil\/john-curran-ll-m\/","title":{"rendered":"John Curran, LL.M."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jurisdictions &nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>UK and Ireland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commonwealth, mixed\/common law and other English-speaking jurisdictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Comparative Legal Expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Comparative family law \u2013 including rights and obligations of marriage and other forms of union, matrimonial property regimes, marital agreements, family court procedures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comparative labour law \u2013 employment status, workplace rights, employer obligations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comparative civil procedure \u2013 access to justice, recognition of judgments, succession matters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Typical Comparative Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">John\u2019s comparative work examines how different legal systems regulate core aspects of social and economic life \u2013 from work and family relations to property and procedural rights. Typical comparative questions he works on include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What legal protections exist for workers\u2019 representatives in the UK and other jurisdictions across Europe, and how are they enforced?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did the introduction of same-sex marriage across Western Europe change the legal rights and obligations of marriage and other forms of union?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does Hong Kong law allow the administrator of an intestate estate to access and manage assets located abroad? &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Selected Studies and Expert Opinions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/e-avis-2019-17-19-019-disabilities-in-workplace.pdf\">Legal rights and protection of people with disabilities in the workplace<\/a><\/em>, comparative study commissioned by the Eidgen\u00f6ssisches B\u00fcro f\u00fcr die Gleichstellung von Menschen mit Behinderungen (EBGB) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/legal-opinion-cross-border-parental-child-abduction-eu.pdf\">Cross-border parental child abduction in the European Union<\/a><\/em>, commissioned by the European Parliament <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/23-129-e-15e-avis-20240208_20250212-new.pdf\">Comparative legal study on the regulation of animal testing for scientific purposes<\/a><\/em>, commissioned by the <em>Bundesamt f\u00fcr Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterin\u00e4rwesen<\/em> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Curran is an English-qualified lawyer specialising in comparative family and employment law, with a focus on the UK and other common and mixed law jurisdictions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10108,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"profil-departement":[60],"class_list":["post-6958","profil","type-profil","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","profil-departement-juristes"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profil\/6958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profil"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profil"}],"version-history":[{"count":145,"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profil\/6958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11503,"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profil\/6958\/revisions\/11503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"profil-departement","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isdc.ch\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profil-departement?post=6958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}