Results: 24

• Grenfell v Grenfell

  04 May 1977 [1978] Fam 128; [1977] 3 WLR 738; [1978] 1 All ER 561, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Cross-petition

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Hardship
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Cross-petition — Admission — Husband denying issues raised in wife's petition — Uncontroverted fact of five years' separation entitling husband to decree — Whether court to refuse to determine issues raised in petition — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 1 (3)

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Hardship — “Grave … other hardship” — Wife's petition on grounds of husband's behaviour — Husband's cross-petition based on five years' separation — Wife's reply opposing grant of decree to husband on grounds of hardship — Whether plea available to petitioner — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 5 (1) (2)

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered

• In re C (Minors) (Wardship: Jurisdiction)

  03 May 1977 [1978] Fam 105; [1977] 3 WLR 561; [1978] 2 All ER 230, CA

  Subsequent citations: 3.
  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction
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  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction — Forum conveniens — American step-father applying to American court for custody of children — English father removing children from jurisdiction in breach of order — Children made wards of court — Step-father applying for children's return to America — Relevance of father being Jehovah's Witness — Principles applicable in determining appropriate court

  2 Case(s) considered
• Cantliff v Jenkins (Note)

  20 Oct 1977 [1978] Fam 47; [1978] 2 WLR 177; [1978] 1 All ER 836, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 3.
  INJUNCTION — Domestic violence — County court jurisdiction
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  INJUNCTION — Domestic violence — County court jurisdiction — Man and woman living with each other in same household as husband and wife — Joint tenants of premises — Application to exclude man from premises — Whether jurisdiction to exclude joint tenant — Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, s 1

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Lewis (A H) v Lewis (R W)

  31 Oct 1977 [1978] Fam 60; [1978] 2 WLR 644; [1978] 1 All ER 729, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Injunction — Injunction against molestation
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Injunction — Injunction against molestation — Power of arrest attached — Wife's application for injunction in divorce proceedings — Jurisdiction to attach power of arrest to injunction — Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, s 2 (1)

  1 Statute considered
• B v B (Domestic Violence: Jurisdiction)

  13 Oct 1977 [1978] Fam 26; [1978] 2 WLR 160; [1978] 1 All ER 821, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 negative. Subsequent citations: 4.
  INJUNCTION — Domestic violence — County court jurisdiction
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  INJUNCTION — Domestic violence — County court jurisdiction — Man and woman living with each other in same household as husband and wife — Man sole tenant of house — Acts of violence — Application by woman for order that man vacate house — Jurisdiction of county court to grant — Children — Order for protection — Inherent jurisdiction of court — Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, s 1

  4 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered

• Dean v Dean

  21 Mar 1978 [1978] Fam 161; [1978] 3 WLR 288; [1978] 3 All ER 758, Fam D (Bush J)

  Subsequent citations: 22.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Agreement
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Agreement — Order of court — Undefended suit — Certificate of approval granted by registrar — Wife seeking to resile from agreement before hearing — Jurisdiction to review agreement — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 25

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered
• Smethurst v Smethurst

  29 Mar 1977 [1978] Fam 52; [1977] 3 WLR 472; [1977] 3 All ER 1110, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Maintenance
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Maintenance — Variation of order — Husband's inability to pay under order made by registrar — No alteration in husband's circumstances — Application of approach of Supplementary Benefits Commission when assessing contribution — Justices varying order — Validity of justices' order — Maintenance Orders Act 1958, s 4 (2)

  4 Case(s) considered

  2 Statutes considered

• In re St Luke’s, Cheetham

  29 Jul 1977 [1978] Fam 144; [1977] 3 WLR 969; [1978] 1 All ER 1118, Const Ct

  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Demolition of church
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Demolition of church — Scheme to demolish main body of church and convert crypt for public worship — Whether crypt “part of the church left standing” — Faculty Jurisdiction Measure 1964, s 2(3)

  1 Case considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• In re H (A Minor) (Wardship: Jurisdiction)

  24 Jul 1977 [1978] Fam 65; [1978] 2 WLR 608, Fam D (Balcombe J)

  28 Oct 1977 [1978] Fam 65; [1978] 2 WLR 608; [1978] 2 All ER 903; 76 LGR 254, CA (Stamp, Orr and Ormrod L.JJ.)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 3 neutral; 3 negative. Subsequent citations: 12.
  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Care of — Child received into care by local authority

  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction
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  CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS — Care of — Child received into care by local authority — Parents wishing to return with child to native country — Wardship proceedings — Jurisdiction to make order — Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 1

  MINOR — Ward of court — Jurisdiction — Child in care of local authority — Parent's physical assaults on child — Parents wishing to return to native country with child — Need for child to be with family in own country — Risk of further physical assault — Exercise of court's jurisdiction — Children and Young Persons Act 1969, s 1

  3 Case(s) considered

• Nixon v Fox (formerly Nixon)

  27 Feb 1978 [1978] Fam 173; [1978] 3 WLR 565; [1978] 3 All ER 995, Fam D

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Ancillary relief
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Ancillary relief — Court's jurisdiction — Wife's application for ancillary relief for children — Wife's remarriage — Whether amendment of application to enable wife to apply for lump sum order permissible — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 28 (3)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered