Professor Katarina Trimmings

Professor Katarina Trimmings
Professor Katarina Trimmings
Professor Katarina Trimmings

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Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
k.trimmings@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272415
School/Department
School of Law

Biography

Katarina Trimmings joined the Law School of the University of Aberdeen as a Lecturer in August 2012 and was later promoted to a Senior Lecturer. She is a co-founder and the Director of the Centre for Private International Law at the Law School of the University of Aberdeen.

Professor Trimmings is an internationally recognized expert in the field of International Family Law, in particular in the areas of international parental child abduction and cross-border surrogacy. Her research has explored new avenues and developed unique perspectives, including the Private International Law perspective and the Child’s Rights perspective on surrogacy, and analysis of the implications of societal challenges such as domestic abuse on the legal resolution of parental child abduction cases. She has written a monograph on child abduction (Hart, 2013); and is the first editor of a recently published book on the intersection between child abduction and domestic violence (Intersentia, 2022). She is also the first editor of a highly regarded and frequently cited book on international surrogacy arrangements (Hart, 2013) and a forthcoming research handbook on surrogacy (Elgar Publishing, 2023). Professor Trimmings is also the co-author of the 15th edition of Cheshire, North & Fawcett, Private International Law (OUP, 2017). 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Director of the Centre for Private International Law at the Law School of the University of Aberdeen http://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/research/centre-for-private-international-law-70.php

Academic Line Manager

Law School Grants Lead

Personal Tutor

 

 

 

External Memberships

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research

Research Overview

  • International Family Law

Research Areas

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Current Research

Professor Trimmings' current research centres on the themes of surrogacy and international parental child abduction. Additionally, she is interested in the adequacy and potential reform of the Private International Law regulation in Scotland post-Brexit. At present, Professor Trimmings is working on two collaborative RSE-funded projects: 1.) ‘Protection of international families with links to the European Union post-Brexit: Collaborative Scotland-EU Partnership’ (PI); and 2.) ‘Laying the Foundations for a Restatement of Scots Private International Law’ (Co-I). Both projects aim to assess the implications of Brexit for Scots Private International Law with a view to proposing necessary reforms (Co-I). 

Past Research

Over the past few years, Professor Trimmings has completed a number of externally funded research projects as the PI and conducted several commissioned studies. Her research concentrated on two themes. They build on her interests in intersections between legal fields and their impact on addressing societal challenges through innovative legal solutions that are scholarly robust and of use for policymakers, legal profession and wider public. Theme 1 is intersection between domestic violence and international parental child abduction; and theme 2 is the child right’s perspective as a basis for regulation of the legal status of children.  

Featured activity:         

  1. POAM project. Funded by the EU (PI).
  2. Research study into attitudes towards the reform of the law governing surrogacy amongst judges and legal practitioners in Scotland. Funded by the Clark Foundation (PI).
  3. Project 'Reproductive Health Care and Policy Concerns: Regulation of Surrogacy Arrangements in Sri Lanka and Lessons Learned from the United Kingdom'. Funded by the British Council (PI). 
  4. Development of legal principles for the protection of the rights of the child born through surrogacy (‘Verona Principles’) (co-author).
  5. Research study on the reform of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born Out of Wedlock. Commissioned and funded by the Council of Europe. Output: policy report

Collaborations

 

Funding and Grants

  1. Royal Society of Edinburgh, Saltire Network Scheme (2022) - Project: 'Protection of international families with links to the European Union post-Brexit: Collaborative Scotland-EU partnership (‘International Families post-Brexit’)' (PI)
  2. Royal Society of Edinburgh, Research Workshop Grants Scheme (2022) - Project: 'Laying the Foundations for a Restatement of Scots Private International Law' (Co-I)
  3. Council of Europe (2021) - Project: 'Review of the Implementation of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children Born Out of Wedlock' (PI)
  4. European Commission, Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Programme (2021) - Project: 'Time to Become Digital in Law ('DIGinLaw')' (Co-I)
  5. British Council, South Asia Small-Scale Research Project Scheme (2020) - Project: 'Reproductive Health Care and Policy Concerns: Regulation of Surrogacy Arrangements in Sri Lanka and Lessons Learned from the United Kingdom (‘Surrogacy in Sri Lanka’)' (PI)
  6. Clark Foundation for Legal Education (2019) - Project: 'UK Surrogacy Law Reform: Exploring the Application of Surrogacy Laws, Attitudes towards Surrogacy, and Attitudes towards the Reform of the Law Governing Surrogacy amongst Judges and Legal Practitioners in Scotland’ (PI)
  7. European Union, Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme (2018) - Project: 'Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings: Intersection between Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction' (POAM Project)' (PI)
  8. European Union, Civil Justice Programme (2013) - Project: 'Cross-Border Litigation in Europe: Private International Law Legislative Framework, National Courts and the Court of Justice of the European Union' (EUPILLAR Project)' (Co-I)
  9. EU Lifelong Learning Programme, the Jean Monnet Scheme (2012). Project aim: organisation of a series of workshops on cross-border litigation in Europe. (Co-I)
  10. Nuffield Foundation (2010) - Project: 'International Surrogacy Arrangements: An Urgent Need for Legal Regulation at the International Level' (Postdoc)
Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

In 2024/25, Professor Trimmings is the course co-ordinator for the following course:

Family Law (Honours) LS401V

 

In addition, Dr Trimmings participates in teaching on the following courses:

1.)  Family Law LS2526

2.) Law & Medical Ethics (Honours) LS4553

3.) Family Law (Honours) LS401V

4.) Gender, Law & Society (Honours) LS/LX401E

 

 

Publications

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  • The Hague Convention on the Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations 1970: An Effective Mechanism for Regulating Divorce as between the UK and EU Post-Brexit?

    Ní Shúilleabháin, M., Trimmings, K.
    International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family, vol. 38, no. 1, ebae019
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • THE 1996 HAGUE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION IN THE UK POST-BREXIT: FOCUS ON JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT

    Trimmings, K., Kalaitsoglou, K., Le, X. T.
    International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family, vol. 38, no. 1, ebae018
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Research handbook on surrogacy and the law

    Trimmings, K., Shakargy, S., Achmad, C.
    Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.. 546 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Surrogacy and the law: An introduction

    Trimmings, K., Shakargy, S., Achmad, C.
    Research Handbook on Surrogacy and the Law. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 1-6, 6 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen

    Borg Barthet, J. (ed.), Trimmings, K. (ed.), Yuksel Ripley, B. (ed.), Zivkovic, P. (ed.)
    Hart, Oxford, Oxford. 336 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Introduction: From Theory to Practice in Private International Law

    Borg Barthet, J., Trimmings, K., Yuksel Ripley, B., Zivkovic, P.
    From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. Borg-Barthet, J., Trimmings, K., Yüksel Ripley, B., Živkovic, P. (eds.). Hart Publishing
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Private International Law as the Final Frontier for Feminist Scholarship?

    Borg Barthet, J., Trimmings, K.
    From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. Borg-Barthet, J., Trimmings, K., Yüksel Ripley, B., Živkovic, P. (eds.). Hart Publishing
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • The Interplay between the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and Domestic Violence

    Trimmings, K., Momoh, O., Kalaitsoglou, K.
    Laws, vol. 12, no. 5, 78
    Contributions to Journals: Special Issues
  • Consultation Response to the UK Government’s Consultation on the Hague Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (Hague 2019)

    Poesen, M., Trimmings, K., Jevremovic, N., Hood, K., Kalaitsoglou, K., Le, X. T.
    University of Aberdeen: School of Law. 29 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
  • Response to European Commission Consultation on Digitalisation of Cross-border Judicial Cooperation

    Yuksel Ripley, B., McKenzie Skene, D., Borg Barthet, J., Heindler, F., Zivkovic, P., Ducato, R., Trimmings, K., Saito, H.
    14 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
  • Intersection between Domestic Violence and International Parental Child Abduction: Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings

    Trimmings, K., Momoh, O.
    International Journal of Law, Policy and The Family, vol. 35, no. 1, ebab001
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • International family law in the United Kingdom beyond Brexit: Focus on matrimonial matters and future interpretation of habitual residence of the child.

    Trimmings, K., Kalaitsoglou, K.
    Volume XXII Yearbook of Private International Law – 2020/2021. Bonomi, A., Romano, G. P., Pretelli, I. (eds.). de Gruyter, pp. 77-94, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Return of a child under the 1980 Hague child abduction convention to a ‘third state’?

    Trimmings, K.
    Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 202-204
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Surrogacy arrangements and the best interest of the child: the human rights and private international law dimensions in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

    Trimmings, K.
    Fundamental Rights and the Best Interest of the Child in Transnational Families. Bergamini, E., Ragni, C. (eds.). Intersentia
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Non-Uniform Application of European Union Private International Law

    Trimmings, K., Yuksel, B.
    Diversity and Integration in Private International Law . Ruiz Abou-Nigm, V., Blanca Noodt Taquela, M. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press, pp. 83-94, 12 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Surrogacy before the European Court of Human Rights

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. R.
    Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy. Scherpe, J. M., Fenton-Glynn, C., Kaan, T. (eds.). Intersentia, pp. 329-
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings: Intersection between Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction

    Momoh, O., Trimmings, K., Callander, I.
    Commissioned by European Union’s Rights, Equality and Citizenship Programme 2014-2020.
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
  • Choice of law aspects of non-consensual adoption of Eastern European children in England and Wales

    Yuksel, B., Trimmings, K.
    International Family Law, no. 3, pp. 202-209
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Cheshire, North & Fawcett: Private International Law

    Trimmings, K., Torremans, P., Mills, A., Grusic, U., Heinze, C.
    Oxford University Press
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Court of Justice of the European Union's Case Law on Family Law Matters Under Brussels IIa and Maintenance

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. R.
    Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Trimmings, K., Danov, M., Yuksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Cross-Border Litigation in Europe

    Beaumont, P. R. (ed.), Danov, M. (ed.), Trimmings, K. (ed.), Yuksel, B. (ed.)
    Hart Publishing. 864 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Cross-border Litigation in Europe: Some Theoretical Issues and Some Practical Challenges

    Beaumont, P. R., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yuksel, B.
    Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yüksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 819-832, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Matrimonial Matters Under the Brussels IIa Regulation

    Trimmings, K.
    Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yuksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • National Report: Great Britain

    Beaumont, P. R., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yuksel, B.
    Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. Beaumont, P., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., Yuksel, B. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 79-124, 45 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Transfer of Jurisdiction and the Best Interests of the Child

    Trimmings, K.
    Cambridge Law Journal, vol. 75, no. 3, pp. 471-474
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates
  • Application for a parental order by a single commissioning father refused by the High Court

    Trimmings, K.
    Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 91-93
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Parentage and surrogacy in a European perspective

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P.
    European Family Law: Family Law in a European Perspective. Scherpe, J. M. (ed.). Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, pp. 232-283, 52 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Recent Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in the Area of Cross-Border Surrogacy: Is There Still a Need for Global Regulation of Surrogacy?

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. R.
    Migrant Children in the XXI Century: Selected Issues of Public and Private International Law. Biagioni, G., Ippolito, F. (eds.). Editoriale Scientifica
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Child Abduction: Recent Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights

    Beaumont, P., Trimmings, K., Walker, L., Holliday, J.
    International and Comparative Law Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 39-63
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Helen Stalford, CHILDREN AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: RIGHTS, WELFARE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

    Trimmings, K.
    European Law Review, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 458-459
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
  • Six month deadline for applications for parental orders relaxed by the High Court

    Trimmings, K.
    Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 241-243
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • An International Convention on Surrogacy

    Beaumont, P. R., Trimmings, K.
    Family and Children: European expectations and national reality. Kunda, I. (ed.). Faculty of Law, University of Rijeka, Croatia, pp. 95-119, 25 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Article 20 of the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. R.
    The 1980 Hague Abduction Convention: Comparative Aspects. Rains, R. (ed.). Wildy, Simmonds and Hill
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Article 20 of the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. R.
    The Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 66-88
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The Interface between Maintenance and Cross-Border Surrogacy

    Trimmings, K.
    The Recovery of Maintenance in the EU and Worldwide. Beaumont, P., Hess, B., Walker, L., Spancken, S. (eds.). Hart Publishing
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Trevor Hartley,Choice-of-Court Agreements Under the European and International Instruments

    Beaumont, P. R., Trimmings, K.
    Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 310-311
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
  • General Report on Surrogacy

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. R.
    International Surrogacy Arrangements: Legal Regulation at the International Level. Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 439-549, 110 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • International Surrogacy Arrangements: Legal Regulation at the International Level

    Trimmings, K. (ed.), Beaumont, P. R. (ed.)
    Hart Publishing, Oxford. 549 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Child Abduction within the European Union

    Trimmings, K.
    Hart Publishing. 250 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Regulating International Surrogacy Arrangements

    Beaumont, P. R., Trimmings, K.
    International Family Law, vol. 2012, IFL125
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • International Surrogacy Arrangements: An Urgent Need for Legal Regulation at the International Level

    Trimmings, K., Beaumont, P. R.
    Journal of Private International Law, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 627-647
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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