FRJ stage

Nullity

Ogbedo v Oghenerume-Taiga [2024] EWHC 3193 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/3193 Sir Jonathan Cohen. This is a successful application of NO (herein referred to as ‘F’) to strike out MT’s (herein referred to as ‘M’) application for nullity pursuant to FPR 4.4 on the basis that it was an abuse

A v B [2022] EWFC 149

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/149.html HHJ Reardon. W’s application under s 55 of the Family Law Act 1986 for declaration that no valid marriage subsisted between the parties because at the time of the purported wedding, conducted by a priest of the Associate

Parveen v Hussain and the Queen’s Proctor [2022] EWCA Civ 1434

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/1434.html Moylan, Asplin and Stuart-Smith LJJ. W was domiciled in Pakistan when her former husband pronounced talaq while in England. The talaq decree issued by a British mosque was certified by the Pakistani authorities as valid in Pakistan. W then

A New Weddings Law – the Law Commission’s Proposals

A New Weddings Law – the Law Commission’s Proposals

Why should family lawyers who deal with the breakdown of relationships and marriages be interested in the law relating to marriage itself? Well, if it were not for marriage, there would be no divorce! The Law Commission are proposing far-reaching changes to the law in relation to marriage and weddings.