Hearings
England & Wales
08 May 1979 [1980] Fam 1; [1979] 3 WLR 542; [1979] 3 All ER 463, Fam D
Puttick v Attorney-General
Subject Matter
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Domicile — Change — Fraudulent entry into United Kingdom — Foreigner committting fraud and perjury to remain in country and to marry Englishman — Reliance on marriage as proof of domicile — Whether wife retaining dependent domicile by choice — Effect of fraud on wife's choice of domicile — Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973, s 1
[1980] Fam 1; [1979] 3 WLR 542
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Marriage — Validity — Jurisdiction to grant declaration — Petitioner giving name and details of another woman for purposes of entry into United Kingdom — Subsequent marriage by licence under false name and particulars — Validity of marriage — Whether just to grant declaration — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 45 (1) (5)