Hearings
England & Wales
19 Dec 2024 [2024] EWHC 3211 (Fam); [2025] Fam 175; [2025] 2 WLR 1245; [2025] 4 All ER 992; [2025] 2 FLR 471; [2025] WLR(D) 25, Fam D (Sir Andrew McFarlane P, Judge Lynn Roberts sitting as a High Court judge)
Lord Chancellor v 79 Divorced Couples
Subject Matter
MARRIAGE — Divorce — Final order — Applications for divorce orders made one day before expiration of period required by statute — Whether subsequent final divorce orders rendered void or voidable by non-compliance with such requirement — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s 3(1)
[2024] EWHC 3211 (Fam); [2025] Fam 175; [2025] 2 WLR 1245; [2025] 4 All ER 992; [2025] 2 FLR 471; [2025] WLR(D) 25, Fam D
Commentary
A Lawyer Writes
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The Lord Chancellor v 79 Divorced Couples: A Pirate’s Tale
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