The Weekly Law Reports
[2011] 1 WLR 1450
Chancery Division
*Official Solicitor v Yemoh and others
[2010] EWHC 3727 (Ch)
2010 Dec 13;
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Anthony Elleray QC sitting as a deputy High Court judge
Administration of estates— Intestacy— Immovable property— Deceased domiciled in Ghana party to polygamous marriages contracted in accordance with Ghanaian customary law— Whether deceased’s polygamous marriages recognised for purposes of succession to immovable property in England and Wales— Whether surviving wives “spouse” of deceased—
Administration of Estates Act 1925 (15 & 16 Geo 5, c 23), s 46(1) (as amended by Intestates’ Estates Act 1952 (15 & 16 Geo 6 & 1 Eliz 2, c 64), s 1(2), Family Provision Act 1966 (c 35), s 1(2)(a), Administration of Justice Act 1977 (c 38), s 28(1) and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981 (c 19), s 1(1), Sch 1, Pt I)