Hearings
England & Wales
05 Mar 1984 [1984] Fam 79; [1984] 3 WLR 45; [1984] 2 All ER 497, CA
09 May 1985 [1985] AC 828; [1985] 2 WLR 962; [1985] 2 All ER 449, HL(E)
Lewis (H) v Lewis (G)
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Transfer of property — Retroactive effect of legislation — Statutory tenancy vesting in husband — Dissolution of marriage — Landlords seeking possession order against wife — Termination of tenancy — Wife's application to transfer tenancy after decree absolute — Whether statutory amendments to legislation having retrospective effect — Matrimonial Homes Act 1967, s 7, Sch 2, paras 1(1), 3(1) (as amended by Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981, s 6, Sch 2)
[1984] Fam 79; [1985] AC 828; [1984] 3 WLR 45; [1985] 2 WLR 962
STATUTE — Retroactive effect — Divorce — Transfer of property — Statutory tenancy — Whether provisions of new Act retrospective — Matrimonial Homes Act 1967, s 7, Sch 2, paras 1(1), 3(1) (as amended by Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981, s 6, Sch 2)
Appellate History
Lewis (H) v Lewis (G) [1984] Fam 79; [1984] 3 WLR 45; [1984] 2 All ER 497, CA
Decision of the Court of Appeal affirmed
Lewis (H) v Lewis (G) [1985] AC 828; [1985] 2 WLR 962; [1985] 2 All ER 449, HL(E)