Results: 18

• In re W (A Minor) (Adoption: Non-patrial)

  24 Jul 1985 [1986] Fam 54; [1985] 3 WLR 945; [1985] 3 All ER 449, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 9.
  ADOPTION — Adoption order — Non-patrial
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  ADOPTION — Adoption order — Non-patrial — Non-patrial infant entering United Kingdom for limited stay — Citizen of United Kingdom seeking to adopt infant — Factors to be taken into account — Whether adoption order to be made — Children Act 1975, s 3

  1 Case considered
• In re St Mary of Charity, Faversham

  08 Jun 1985 [1986] Fam 143; [1985] 3 WLR 924; [1986] 1 All ER 1, Commissary Ct

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 3.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Chattels, ownership of
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Chattels, ownership of — Silver flagons — Petition for faculty to sell on behalf of parish — Parish's ownership of flagons disputed — Whether commissary court having jurisdiction to determine ownership — Whether sufficient grounds for sale

  3 Case(s) considered
• In re St Mary’s, Banbury

  21 Feb 1985 [1986] Fam 24; [1985] 3 WLR 885; [1985] 2 All ER 611, Const Ct

  04 Oct 1986 [1987] Fam 136; [1987] 3 WLR 717; [1987] 1 All ER 247, Arches Ct

  Subsequent considerations : 7 positive; 1 neutral; 3 negative. Subsequent citations: 16.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Pews
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Pews — Petition to remove pews and replace with chairs — Pews allotted and sold pursuant to local Act in 1790 — Claims to three specific pews established — Nature of claimants' rights — Whether jurisdiction to authorise removal of pews — Church used as concert venue — Removal of pews facilitating such use and use of central altar for communion — Whether faculty to be granted

  4 Case(s) considered

• Chebaro v Chebaro

  26 Mar 1986 [1986] Fam 71; [1986] 3 WLR 95; [1986] 2 All ER 897, Fam D

  05 Feb 1987 [1987] Fam 127; [1987] 2 WLR 1090; [1987] 1 All ER 999, CA

  Subsequent citations: 7.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Leave to apply

  STATUTE — Retroactive effect — Divorce
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Leave to apply — Foreign decree — Husband granted decree before September 1985 — Wife's application for leave to apply for financial relief — Retrospective effect of legislation — Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 12(1)

  STATUTE — Retroactive effect — Divorce — Foreign decree recognised in England and Wales — Provisions entitling parties to apply for financial provision — Whether retroactive — Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 12(1)

  7 Case(s) considered

• Thyssen-Bornemisza v Thyssen-Bornemisza

  08 Nov 1984 [1986] Fam 1; [1985] 2 WLR 715; [1985] 1 All ER 328, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Stay of proceedings
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Stay of proceedings — Petition — Wife petitioning for divorce in England — Stay of petition refused by consent — Husband filing cross-petition — Wife subsequently commencing divorce proceedings in Switzerland — Whether wife precluded from applying for stay of cross-petition — Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973, Sch 1, para 9(1)

  2 Case(s) considered
• Hamlin v Hamlin

  26 Apr 1985 [1986] Fam 11; [1985] 3 WLR 629; [1985] 2 All ER 1037, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 15.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Transfer of property
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Transfer of property — Realty situated abroad — Husband intending to dispose of property abroad — Wife seeking order to restrain husband from making disposition to defeat claim for ancillary relief — Whether court having jurisdiction — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 37(2)(a)

  4 Case(s) considered
• Thompson v Thompson (Property: Adjustment Order)

  05 Feb 1985 [1986] Fam 38; [1985] 3 WLR 17; [1985] 2 All ER 243; (1985) 135 NLJ 155; (1985) 129 SJ 284, CA (Oliver, Griffiths and Browne-Wilkinson LJJ)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 7.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Adjustment order
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Adjustment order — Variation of order — Order creating trust for sale — Sale postponed for period or further order — Former wife seeking earlier sale of property — Whether jurisdiction to order sale before specified period — Whether statutory amendments to legislation having retrospective effect — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), ss 24, 24A (as amended by Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 (c 24), s 7)

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Statute considered
• S v S (Periodical payments: Variation)

  01 Jul 1986 [1986] Fam 189; [1986] 3 WLR 518; [1986] 3 All ER 554, Fam D

  19 Dec 1986 (Note) [1987] 1 WLR 382; [1987] 2 All ER 312, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 3.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Periodical payments order
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Periodical payments order — Variation — Application for increase in periodical payments — Husband offering capital sum in commutation of order — Whether jurisdiction to terminate order on capital payment — Whether adjournment to be granted to allow husband to make increased payment — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 31(7) (as substituted by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 6)
• Turner v Blunden

  29 Nov 1985 [1986] Fam 120; [1986] 2 WLR 491; [1986] 2 All ER 75, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  AFFILIATION — Corroboration — Blood tests
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  AFFILIATION — Corroboration — Blood tests — Whether tests “other evidence” capable of corroborating mother's evidence in some material particular — Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957, s 4(1) (as amended by Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972, s 1(1))

  2 Case(s) considered

  1 Words & Phrases considered

  1 Statute considered
• Harman v Glencross (Glencross v Glencross)

  16 Feb 1984 [1985] Fam 49; [1984] 3 WLR 759; [1984] 2 All ER 577, Fam D

  20 Dec 1985 [1986] Fam 81; [1986] 2 WLR 637; [1986] 1 All ER 545, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 2 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 18.
  EXECUTION — Charging order on land — Joint owners
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  EXECUTION — Charging order on land — Joint owners — Matrimonial home conveyed into joint names — Charging order absolute against husband's interest in matrimonial home obtained by husband's creditor — Wife applying for variation of charging order — Whether wife having locus standi to make application — Exercise of court's discretion to vary order — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 24 — Charging Orders Act 1979, ss 1(5), 2(1), 3(5)

  5 Case(s) considered