Hearings
England & Wales
21 Mar 1972 [1972] Fam 280; [1972] 3 WLR 136; [1972] 2 All ER 1162, Fam D
Marsden v Marsden (1972)
Subject Matter
BARRISTER — Authority to bind client — Compromise of action — Wife's counsel agreeing to order and giving undertakings on her behalf — Counsel acting contrary to express authority — Limitation of authority unknown to husband's counsel — Application to set aside order contemporaneous or before order perfected — Court's discretion to set aside
[1972] Fam 280; [1972] 3 WLR 136
PRACTICE — Order — Setting aside — Counsel consenting to order contrary to client's express authority — Court's power to set aside perfected order