Lepre v Lepre

Subject Matter

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Foreign judgment — Offending against substantial justice — Affecting person within British jurisdiction — Discretion to refuse recognition — Maltese decree of nullity

[1965] P 52; [1963] 2 WLR 735

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 — RSC, Ord 25, r 5

[1965] P 52; [1963] 2 WLR 735

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

[1966] P 52; [1963] 2 WLR 735