The Weekly Law Reports
[1964] 1 WLR 1323
[PROBATE, ETC., DIVISION.]
COOPER
v.
COOPER.
1964 June 11.
Wrangham J.
Husband and Wife
— Divorce
— Pleading
— Previous proceedings
— First petition on file
— Second petition filed without leave of a judge
— Whether a nullity
— Jurisdiction of court to give retrospective leave for filing second petition
—
Matrimonial Cause Rules, 1957 (S.I. 1957, No. 619), r. 3 (2) as amended by Matrimonial Causes (Amendment) Rules, 1961 (S.I. 1961, No. 1082), r. 2.
Void or Voidable
— Pleading
— Petition for divorce
— Failure to obtain leave to file second petition
— First petition on file
— Whether filing of second petition irregularity or a nullity
— Matrimonial Cause Rules, 1957, r. 2.