The Law Reports (Family Division)
[1983] Fam 26
[COURT OF APPEAL]
HUSSAIN (ALIYA)
v.
HUSSAIN (SHAHID)
1982 May 25;
June 24
June 24
Ormrod, Griffiths and Slade L.JJ.
Husband and Wife
— Marriage
— Polygamous system
— Validity of marriage
— Muslim ceremony in Pakistan between English domiciled husband and Pakistani domiciled wife
— Pakistani law permitting husband but not wife to marry additional spouse
— Whether “polygamous marriage”
— Whether valid marriage
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Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), s. 11 (d)