Results: 45

• In The Goods of Spicer, Decd Spicer v Richardson

  22 Jul 1949 [1949] P 441, PDA

  PROBATE — Soldier's Will — Oral declaration
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  PROBATE — Soldier's Will — Oral declaration — Reference to former documentary will — Probate of nuncupative will.

• Orr-Lewis v Orr-Lewis

  16 Feb 1949 [1949] P 347, DC

  DIVORCE — Practice — Injunction to restrain divorce proceedings in foreign court
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  DIVORCE — Practice — Injunction to restrain divorce proceedings in foreign court — Jurisdiction so to do — Rare exercise of such jurisdiction.
• Barber v Barber

  18 Oct 1948 [1949] P 169, PDA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral.
  DIVORCE — Evidence — Admissibility of question in cross-examination
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  DIVORCE — Evidence — Admissibility of question in cross-examination — Allegation of promiscuous adultery — Particulars of certain specified occasions — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. 5, c. 49), s. 198.

  1 Statute considered
• Macrae v Macrae

  14 Dec 1948 [1949] P 272, DC

  06 May 1949 [1949] P 397, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 7.
  JUSTICES — Jurisdiction — Husband ordinarily resident in Scotland
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  JUSTICES — Jurisdiction — Husband ordinarily resident in Scotland — Summary Jurisdiction (Separation and Maintenance) Acts, 1895 to 1925 — Summary Jurisdiction (Process) Act, 1881 (44 & 45 Vict. c. 24).

  4 Statutes considered

• Vere-Wardale, Decd Vere-Wardale v Johnson

  29 Jun 1949 [1949] P 395, PDA

  Subsequent citations: 1.
  PROBATE — Evidence — Admissibility
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  PROBATE — Evidence — Admissibility — Evidence to rebut that of attesting witnesses.

• Bernbaum v Bernbaum

  19 Jan 1949 [1949] P 325, DC

  PRACTICE — Jurisdiction — Appeal
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  PRACTICE — Jurisdiction — Appeal — Application under s. 17 of the Married Women's Property Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 75) before registrar or master — Appeal lies to judge in chambers — R. S. C. 1883, Or. 54, rr. 12A, 21 and 22A — Matrimonial Causes Rules, 1947, rr. 59, 82.

  1 Statute considered

  2 Statutory Instruments considered
• McTaggart v McTaggart

  15 Oct 1948 [1949] P 94, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 7.
  DIVORCE — Evidence at hearing of petition — Statements made by husband or wife at interview with probation officer
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  DIVORCE — Evidence at hearing of petition — Statements made by husband or wife at interview with probation officer — Privilege.
• Lauder v Lauder

  25 Nov 1948 [1949] P 277, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 2.
  DIVORCE — Cruelty — Respondent husband's fits of depression involving prolonged sulky silence
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  DIVORCE — Cruelty — Respondent husband's fits of depression involving prolonged sulky silence — Domineering conduct of husband — Serious emotional disturbance caused to wife — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1937 (1 Edw. 8, and 1 Geo. 6, c. 57), s. 2.

  1 Statute considered

• Battle v Attorney-General (Battle Intervening)

  04 Mar 1949 [1949] P 358, PDA

  LEGITIMACY — Legitimacy declaration — Evidence

  PRESUMPTION — Presumption of paternity arising from marriage of alleged parents — Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60).

  COSTS — Costs awarded against intervener.
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  LEGITIMACY — Legitimacy declaration — Evidence — Declaration by deceased relative — Deceased declarant alleged to be natural grandfather of petitioner — Admissibility.

  PRESUMPTION — Presumption of paternity arising from marriage of alleged parents — Legitimacy Act, 1926 (16 & 17 Geo. 5, c. 60).

  COSTS — Costs awarded against intervener.

  1 Statute considered

• In The Estate of Goenaga Decd

  17 Nov 1948 [1949] P 367, PDA

  PROBATE — Private International Law — Executors
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  PROBATE — Private International Law — Executors — Testator domiciled abroad — English will executed in England — Property in Great Britain and the British Empire.