Results: 41

• Pratt v Pratt

  15 Dec 1938 [1939] P 117, CA

  DIVORCE — Desertion — “Without cause”
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  DIVORCE — Desertion — “Without cause” — Termination — Request by deserting spouse for interview to discuss resumption of cohabitation — Refusal by innocent spouse — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 2.

  1 Statute considered

• Jackson v Jackson (No 5)

  07 Feb 1939 [1939] P 172, PDA

  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Evidence
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  MARRIAGE — Nullity of marriage — Evidence — Husband's petition — Pregnancy of wife by another man alleged — Child born a few days after marriage — Husband's evidence as to date of access before marriage — Admissibility — Rule in Russell v. Russell — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 7, sub-s. 1 (d), and proviso — Matrimonial Causes Rules, 1937 (St. R. & O. 1937, No. 1113/L. 14), r. 6, sub-r. 2 (b).

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered

• Atkins v Atkins

  12 Jul 1939 [1939] P 387, PDA

  DIVORCE — Settlement of guilty wife's property — Husband petitioner's application for settlement of sum for payment of children's school fees
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  DIVORCE — Settlement of guilty wife's property — Husband petitioner's application for settlement of sum for payment of children's school fees — Children wards of chancery in respondent's care — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 191, sub-s. 1, as amended by Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 10, sub-s. 3.

  1 Statute considered

• In Re Horrocks (Deceased); Taylor v Kershaw

  16 Feb 1939 [1939] P 198, CA

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  PROBATE — Will — Probate in common form
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  PROBATE — Will — Probate in common form — Application for probate in solemn form with omission of a word — Insufficient evidence to support the omission — Jurisdiction of Court of Probate.

• The Amazone

  08 May 1939 [1939] P 322, PDA

  14 Dec 1939 [1940] P 40, CA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  SHIPPING — Possession of a yacht — Diplomatic immunity
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  SHIPPING — Possession of a yacht — Diplomatic immunity — Foreign military attaché — Diplomatic Privileges Act, 1708 (7 Anne, c. 12), s. 3.

  2 Statutes considered

• Bush v Bush

  30 Nov 1938 [1939] P 142, PDA

  DIVORCE — Wife's petition for divorce on ground of desertion — Continuing desertion negatived by presentation of previous petition by wife
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  DIVORCE — Wife's petition for divorce on ground of desertion — Continuing desertion negatived by presentation of previous petition by wife — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 176 (b), as amended by Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 2.

  1 Statute considered
• St John’s, Hampstead, In re

  25 Mar 1939 [1939] P 281, Const Ct

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 1.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Erection of columbarium on site in consecrated burial ground
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Erection of columbarium on site in consecrated burial ground — Site of columbarium useless for burials — Disused burial ground — Disused Burial Grounds Act, 1884 (47 & 48 Vict. c. 72), s. 3.

  1 Statute considered

• Green v Green (No 3)

  19 May 1939 [1939] P 309, PDA

  DIVORCE — Incurable unsoundness of mind — Wife's petition for divorce
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  DIVORCE — Incurable unsoundness of mind — Wife's petition for divorce — Husband's absences on trial during the five years preceding the petition — Under care of voluntary association as agent for mental hospital — No interruption in prescribed period of detention — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49) — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), ss. 2, 3 — Lunacy Act, 1890 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 5), s. 55, sub-s. 1; s. 275, sub-s. 5.

  3 Statutes considered

• Ettenfield v Ettenfield

  10 May 1939 [1939] P 377, PDA

  23 Jan 1940 [1940] P 96, CA

  DIVORCE — Evidence — Husband's petition on ground of adultery
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  DIVORCE — Evidence — Husband's petition on ground of adultery — Agreement for separation — Birth of child to wife — Husband's evidence as to non-access not admissible — Rule in Russell v. Russell applicable.
• Pardy v Pardy

  28 Jul 1939 [1939] P 288, DC

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 1.
  DIVORCE — Desertion — Wife's petition
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  DIVORCE — Desertion — Wife's petition — Deed of separation — Repudiation of deed by husband — Acquiescence in repudiation by wife — Not a bar to divorce — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 176 (b), as amended by Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6, s. 57), s. 2.

  1 Statute considered