The Law Reports (Family Division)
[1980] Fam 1
[FAMILY DIVISION]
PUTTICK v. ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND ANOTHER
1979 April 30;
May 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
May 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
Sir George Baker P.
Husband and Wife
— Marriage
— Validity
— Jurisdiction to grant declaration
— Petitioner giving name and details of another woman for purposes of entry into United Kingdom
— Subsequent marriage by licence under false name and particulars
— Validity of marriage
— Whether just to grant declaration
—
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 45 (1) (5)
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Conflict of Laws
— Domicile
— Change
— Fraudulent entry into United Kingdom
— Foreigner committing fraud and perjury to remain in country and to marry Englishman
— Reliance on marriage as proof of domicile
— Whether wife retaining dependent domicile by choice
— Effect of fraud on wife's choice of domicile
—
Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (c. 45), s. 1
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