The court intervened to attempt to avoid further expenditure of huge sums in legal fees in resolving a sterile jurisdictional dispute for ancillary relief proceedings. Over pounds 330,000 had already been spent.
Judges:
Thorpe LJ
Citations:
[2007] EWCA Civ 175, Times 12-Apr-2007
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Moore v Moore CA 20-Apr-2007
The family were wealthy, and had lived for some time in Spain. On the breakdown of the marriage, the wife returned to the UK, and sought ancillary relief here, though the divorce had been in Spain. The husband argued that this should be dealt with . .
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Updated: 27 October 2022; Ref: scu.249862