Hearings
England & Wales
10 Oct 2012 [2012] EWHC 3841 (Fam); [2013] 2 FLR 29; [2013] CN 45, Fam D (Bodey J)
AB v CB (Divorce and Maintenance: Discretion to Stay)
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Jurisdiction — Challenge to jurisdiction under Council Regulation — Whether discretion to stay English divorce proceedings to allow India divorce proceedings to proceed — Whether India or England appropriate forum — Whether applications for ancillary relief able to be continued
[2012] EWHC 3841 (Fam); [2013] 2 FLR 29; [2013] CN 45, Fam D
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