Hearings
England & Wales
18 Oct 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 1255; [2014] Fam 102; [2014] 2 WLR 1033; [2014] 1 FLR 1514; [2013] WLR (D) 391, CA
Mittal v Mittal
Subject Matter
CONFLICT OF LAWS — Jurisdiction under Council Regulation — Matrimonial matters — Wife domiciled in India presenting divorce petition in England while husband’s divorce petition still pending in India — Whether English court having jurisdiction to stay wife’s petition — Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (as amended by European Communities (Matrimonial Jurisdiction and Judgments) Regulations 2001, regs 3, 4), s 5(6), Sch 1, para 9 — Senior Courts Act 1981, s 49(3) — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, arts 3, 19
Appellate History
AB v CB (Divorce and Maintenance: Discretion to Stay) [2012] EWHC 3841 (Fam); [2013] 2 FLR 29; [2013] CN 45, Fam D
Decision of Bodey J affirmed sub nom Mittal v Mittal
Mittal v Mittal [2013] EWCA Civ 1255; [2014] Fam 102; [2014] 2 WLR 1033; [2014] 1 FLR 1514; [2013] WLR (D) 391, CA