The end of the non-dom tax status: Time now to end family law domicile jurisdiction

Domicile has been a fundamental basis of jurisdiction in English law including English family law.  But it is intrinsically backward looking, archaic in its concepts, thoroughly unknown or at best misunderstood by the population, differently defined abroad and at odds with many other countries including the EU.  With the non-domicile tax status being abolished as announced in the budget in late October 2024, is it not time now to end domicile as a family law basis of jurisdiction?  Nationality is a far more straightforward, certain and modern basis. 

This article was originally published in the Financial Remedies Journal