Hearings
England & Wales
15 Dec 2010 [2010] EWHC 3727 (Ch); [2011] 1 WLR 1450; [2011] 4 All ER 200; [2011] 2 FLR 371; [2010] WLR (D) 334, Ch D (Anthony Elleray QC)
Official Solicitor v Yemoh
Subject Matter
ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — Intestacy — Immovable property — Deceased domiciled in Ghana party to polygamous marriages contracted in accordance with Ghanaian customary law — Whether deceased's polygamous marriages recognised for purposes of succession to immovable property in England and Wales — Whether surviving wives “spouse” of deceased — Administration of Estates Act 1925, s 46(1) (as amended by Intestates' Estates Act 1952, s 1(2), Family Provision Act 1966, s 1(2)(a), Administration of Justice Act 1977, s 28(1) and Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1981, s 1(1), Sch 1, Pt I)
[2010] EWHC 3727 (Ch); [2011] 1 WLR 1450; [2011] 4 All ER 200; [2011] 2 FLR 371; [2010] WLR (D) 334, Ch D