Hearings
England & Wales
07 Mar 1973 [1973] Fam 217; [1973] 3 WLR 524; [1973] 3 All ER 526, Fam D
Dryden v Dryden
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Decree absolute — Validity — Petition based on five years' separation — Irregularity in proceedings — Decree absolute expedited without knowledge of respondent wife — Wife deprived of right for financial provision to be determined before decree made absolute — Whether decree absolute void or voidable — Divorce Reform Act 1969, s 6
[1973] Fam 217; [1973] 3 WLR 524; [1973] 3 All ER 526, Fam D
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Marriage — Capacity to marry — Validity of decree absolute — Petitioner remarrying after decree absolute and before expiration of time for appeal against decree — Whether marriage valid — Matrimonial Causes Act 1965, s 8 (1) — Nullity of Marriage Act 1971, s 1
[1973] Fam 217; [1973] 3 WLR 524; [1973] 3 All ER 526, Fam D