The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2005] Fam 250
Court of Appeal
C
v
C (Ancillary Relief: Nuptial Settlement)
[2004] EWCA Civ 1030
2004 June 29;
July 30
July 30
Thorpe, May and Arden LJJ
Conflict of laws
— Jurisdiction under European Convention
— Variation of trust
— Settlement made on husband and wife
— Trust governed by Jersey law
— Wife applying for variation of trust on divorce
— Whether English court's provisions for disposing of application “designated by conflicts rules”
— Whether English law applicable
— Whether court having jurisdiction
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Recognition of Trusts Act 1987 (c 14), Sch, art 15
Husband and wife
— Settlement
— Variation
— Post-nuptial settlement
— Settlement made on husband and wife
— Wife applying for variation of trust on divorce
— Parties ceasing to be beneficiaries by time of application
— Whether power to vary
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Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s. 24(1)(c) (as amended by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c 30), Sch. 3, para 3)