Shagroon v Sharbatly

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Jurisdiction — Ceremony of marriage between two Saudi Arabian nationals performed in England — Husband already married — Marriage not registered in England — Whether “marriage” — Husband pronouncing talaq divorce in Saudi Arabia — Divorce recognised in Saudi Arabia — Wife’s application for financial relief — Whether English court having jurisdiction to adjudicate on wife’s application — Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 12

[2012] EWCA Civ 1507; [2013] Fam 267; [2013] 2 WLR 1255; [2013] 1 FLR 1493; [2012] WLR (D) 337, CA

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Wife seeking compensation or enforcement for breach of husband’s undertakings — Position where original determination lacking jurisdiction

[2013] EWHC 3756 (Fam); [2014] 2 FLR 209; [2013] CN 1827, Fam D

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