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28 November 2019

P (Transgender Applicant for Declaration of Valid Marriage) [2019] EWHC 3105 (Fam)
(Family Division, Cobb J, 20 November 2019)Marriage – Transgender applicant – Application for declaration of valid marriageThe Family Division held that it did not have the power to make...
Francesca Esposito
Judgments 28 November 2019
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14 August 2019

Power v Vidal [2019] EWHC 2101 (Fam)
(Family Division, Mostyn J, 31 July 2019)Divorce – Decree Absolute – Court destroyed original case file.The Family Divisions made declarations that a certified copy of the decree absolute...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 14 August 2019
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24 April 2019

Baron and Others (4 Defective Divorces) [2019] EWFC 26
(Family Court, Sir James Munby, sitting as a High Court judge, 17 April 2019)Divorce – Procedure – Defective petitions – s 3(1), Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 – Application by...
Samantha Bangham
Judgments 24 April 2019
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28 March 2019

M v P [2019] EWFC 14
(Family Court, Sir James Munby, sitting as a judge of the High Court, 22 March 2019)Marriage and divorce – Validity of decrees – Human and system error – Both parties had remarried...
Samantha Bangham
Judgments 28 March 2019
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7 August 2018

Akhter v Khan [2018] EWFC 54
(Family Court, Williams J, 31 July 2018)Marriage and divorce – Islamic marriage without a civil ceremony – Whether a Nikah marriage ceremony created an invalid or void marriage in English lawHeld that...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 7 August 2018
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1 August 2018

Owens v Owens [2018] UKSC 41
(Supreme Court, Lady Hale, Lord Mance, Lord Wilson, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, 25 July 2018)Marriage and Divorce – Divorce petition – Wife alleged marriage broken down irretrievably –  Court found the...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 1 August 2018
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5 July 2018

R (on the application of Steinfeld and Keidan) v Secretary of State for International Development [2018] UKSC 32
(Supreme Court, Lady Hale, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Reed, Lady Black, 27 June 2018)Marriage and divorce – Civil Partnership Act 2004 – Whether the bar on different sex couples entering into civil...
Amarjit Atwal
Judgments 5 July 2018
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29 November 2017

Radseresht v Radseresht-Spain [2017] EWHC 2932 (Fam)
(Family Division, Cohen J, 13 October 2017)Marriage and divorce – Recognition of talaq – Whether the wife had notice and an opportunity to participate - Revocation The divorce by talaq would not be...
Samantha Bangham
Judgments 29 November 2017
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14 November 2017

Grasso v Naik [2017] EWHC 2789 (Fam)
(Family Division, Sir James Munby, the President of the Family Division, 8 November 2017)Marriage and divorce – Petition – FraudThe Queen’s Proctor had proved his case that each of the petitions had...
Samantha Bangham
Judgments 14 November 2017
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9 August 2017

Price v Price [2014] EWCA Civ 655
(Court of Appeal, Moses, Black, Underhill LJJ, 21 May 2014)[The judicially approved judgment and accompanying headnote has now published in Family Law Reports [2015] 1 FLR 1202]Divorce – Answer to...
Samantha Bangham
Judgments 9 August 2017
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