Sheldon v Sheldon (The Queen’s Proctor Intervening): 28 Jan 1865

Practice. – Dismissal of Petition – No Evidence produced -The Queen’s Proctor intervened in a suit for dissolution in which the respondent did not appear, and alleged collusion and the petitioner’s adultery. No evidence being tendered in support of the petition, when the case came n for hearing the Court dismissed the petition, without requiring evidence to be produced in support of the Queen’s Proctor’s plea.

Citations:

[1865] EngR 180 (A), (1865) 4 Sw and Tr 75

Links:

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedRapisarda v Colladon (Irregular Divorces) FC 30-Sep-2014
The court considered applications to set aside some 180 petitions for divorce on the grounds that they appeared to be attempts to pervert the course of justice by wrongfully asserting residence in order to benefit from the UK jurisdiction.
CitedGrasso v Naik (Twenty-One Irregular Divorces) FD 8-Nov-2017
Deceit in address avoided divorce petitions
The Queen’s Proctor applied to have set aside as fraudulent 21 petitions for divorce. It was said that false addresses had been used in order to give the court the appearance that it had jurisdiction.
Held: The decrees obtained by fraud were . .
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Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.281092