In ancillary relief applications, the discretionary powers enable the court to take into account ‘the human outlook of the period in which they make their decisions’. In the exercise of these discretions ‘the law is a living thing moving with the times and not a creature of dead or moribund ways of thought.’
Judges:
Sachs LJ
Citations:
[1969] 3 All ER 640
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – White v White HL 26-Oct-2000
The couple going through the divorce each had substantial farms and wished to continue farming. It had been a long marriage.
Held: Where a division of the assets of a family would satisfy the reasonable needs of either party on an ancillary . .
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Family
Updated: 20 August 2022; Ref: scu.197917