Hearings
England & Wales
05 Feb 1985 [1986] Fam 38; [1985] 3 WLR 17; [1985] 2 All ER 243; (1985) 135 NLJ 155; (1985) 129 SJ 284, CA (Oliver, Griffiths and Browne-Wilkinson LJJ)
Thompson v Thompson (Property: Adjustment Order)
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Adjustment order — Variation of order — Order creating trust for sale — Sale postponed for period or further order — Former wife seeking earlier sale of property — Whether jurisdiction to order sale before specified period — Whether statutory amendments to legislation having retrospective effect — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), ss 24, 24A (as amended by Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 (c 24), s 7)