Hearings
England & Wales
30 Nov 1978 [1979] Fam 93; [1979] 2 WLR 770; [1979] 2 All ER 156, Fam D
Joyce v Joyce and O’Hare
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Foreign decree, recognition of — “Opportunity” to take part in proceedings — Divorce proceedings by husband in Canada — Wife's efforts to be heard by court ineffective — Judgment not effective to protect interest of wife and children — Public policy — Whether decree to be recognised — Recognition of Divorces and Legal Separations Act 1971, s 8 (2) (a) (i) (b)