The parties had married and divorced and made a financial settlement in the US, but the husband had returned to live in the UK. The wife now sought in effect to enforce the balance of the US order here.
Judges:
Simon Brown LJ, Auld LJ, Thorpe LJ
Citations:
[1999] EWHC Admin 666, [2000] 1 WLR 210, [1999] 2 FLR 1069, [1999] 3 FCR 481, [1999] Fam Law 695
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Cited by:
Appeal from – Jordan v Jordan CA 29-Jul-1999
Where a divorce had been in a competent foreign court between parties then living there, and the ancillary relief had been granted by that court, an application to enforce the ancillary relief order should first be made to the original court, and . .
Cited – Agbaje v Akinnoye-Agbaje SC 10-Mar-2010
The parties had divorced in Nigeria, but the former wife now sought relief in the UK under section 10 of the 194 Act. The wife said that she lived here, but the order made in Nigeria was severely detrimental requiring her either to live here in . .
Cited – Traversa v Freddi CA 14-Feb-2011
Jurisdiction in Cross border divorce
The parties had divorced in Italy. After the wife sought possession of her house in London where H lived, he appealed against refusal of leave to apply for an order under the 1984 Act, the court having found insufficient substantial grounds for . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Family, International
Updated: 28 May 2022; Ref: scu.139930
