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Thum v Thum [2016] EWHC 2634 (Fam)

Sep 29, 2018, 19:32 PM
Practice and procedure – Divorce – Service of petition – BIIR
The court held that the wife had served the divorce petition with reasonable promptitude and any delay had not been strategic so as to constitute an abuse of process.
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(Family Division, Mostyn J, 21 October 2016)

Practice and procedure – Divorce – Service of petition – BIIR

The court held that the wife had served the divorce petition with reasonable promptitude and any delay had not been strategic so as to constitute an abuse of process.

Case No: ZC15D04127

Neutral Citation Number: [2016] EWHC 2634 (Fam)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL


Date: 21/10/2016

Before:


MR JUSTICE MOSTYN


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Between:


CATJA MARION THUM
Petitioner


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OLIVER THUM
Respondent


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Martin Pointer QC and Rebecca Carew-Pole (instructed by Schillings) for the Petitioner
Christopher Pocock QC (instructed by Farrer & Co) for the Respondent


Hearing dates: 20 October 2016


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Judgment

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