Hasan v Ul-Hasan, decd

Subject Matter

MARRIAGE — Divorce — Financial provision — Wife applying for financial relief following overseas divorce — Husband dying prior to adjudication of application — Whether application constituting “cause of action” surviving against estate — Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo 5, c 41), s 1 — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), ss 23, 24, 25 — Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), ss 17, 18(3)

[2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam); [2022] Fam 1; [2021] 3 WLR 989; [2022] 1 FLR 1033; [2021] WLR(D) 370, Fam D

MARRIAGE — Divorce — Financial provision — Wife applying for financial relief following overseas divorce — Husband dying prior to adjudication of application — Whether court having jurisdiction to adjudicate on application as against deceased husband’s estate — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), ss 23(1), 24(1) — Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), ss 12(1), 17

[2023] UKSC 22; [2024] AC 497; [2023] 3 WLR 189; [2024] 1 All ER 463; [2023] 2 FLR 860; [2023] WLR(D) 282; The Times, 12 July 2023, SC(E)

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