21 Oct 2016 [2016] EWHC 2634 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 171; [2016] WLR (D) 573, Fam D (Mostyn J)
12 Jul 2018 [2018] EWCA Civ 624; [2019] Fam 226; [2019] 2 WLR 127; [2019] 1 FLR 380; [2018] WLR (D) 444, CA (King, Richards, Moylan LJJ)
MARRIAGE — Divorce — Service — Wife issuing divorce petition in High Court but petition not served forthwith — Husband issuing petition in Germany prior to service of wife’s petition — Whether delay in service constituting failure to take required steps necessary for issuing court to remain seised — CPR r 7.5 — FPR r 7.8 — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, art 16
[2016] EWHC 2634 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 171; [2016] WLR (D) 573, Fam D
MARRIAGE — Divorce — Service — Wife issuing divorce petition in High Court but petition not served forthwith — Husband issuing petition in Germany prior to service of wife’s petition — Whether wife failing to take “steps … required … to have service effected” on husband — Whether High Court deemed to have been seised when wife’s petition issued — FPR r 7.8 — Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003, art 16(1)(a)
[2018] EWCA Civ 624; [2019] Fam 226; [2019] 2 WLR 127; [2019] 1 FLR 380; [2018] WLR (D) 444, CA
Thum v Thum [2016] EWHC 2634 (Fam); [2016] 4 WLR 171; [2016] WLR (D) 573, Fam D
Decision of Mostyn J affirmed
Thum v Thum [2018] EWCA Civ 624; [2019] Fam 226; [2019] 2 WLR 127; [2019] 1 FLR 380; [2018] WLR (D) 444, CA
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