The Law Reports (Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division)
[1965] P 52
[PROBATE DIVORCE & ADMIRALTY DIVISION]
LEPRE
v.
LEPRE.
1962 Dec. 3,
4,
5.
Sir Jocelyn Simon P.
Husband and Wife
— Nullity
— Foreign decree, validity
— Jurisdiction to make declaration
— Petitioner domiciled abroad if declaration claimed made
— Petition for declaration that foreign decree of nullity was invalid and for divorce
— Jurisdiction to make declaration as necessary step in divorce proceedings
—
R.S.C., Ord. 25, r. 5.
Husband and Wife
— Nullity
— Foreign decree, validity
— Domicile
— Voidable marriage
— Common domicile in foreign jurisdiction
— Void marriage
— Husband petitioner's domicile in foreign jurisdiction.
Husband and Wife
— Nullity
— Foreign decree, validity
— Offending against substantial justice
— Valid civil marriage in England
— Husband domiciled in Malta
— Maltese decree of nullity because marriage failed to comply with canon law.
Conflict of Laws
— Foreign judgment
— Offending against substantial justice
— Affecting person within British jurisdiction
— Discretion to refuse recognition
— Maltese decree of nullity.