Results: 53

• Packer v Packer

  11 May 1953 [1954] P 15; [1953] 3 WLR 33; [1953] 2 All ER 127, CA

  Subsequent citations: 4.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Custody
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Custody — Child born in adultery — Subsequent marriage and divorce of parents — Question of jurisdiction to order custody or maintenance — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 26 (1).

  1 Case considered

  1 Statute considered

• W v W (No 2)

  13 Jul 1954 [1954] P 486, CA

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Desertion
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Desertion — Termination — Husband deserted in 1946 — Decree nisi of nullity granted to husband — Decree revoked on appeal — Whether desertion terminated by decree — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 1 (1) (b).

  1 Statute considered
• Bright v Bright

  31 Jul 1953 [1954] P 270; [1953] 3 WLR 659; [1953] 2 All ER 939, PDA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive. Subsequent citations: 3.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Estoppel per rem judicatam

  DIVORCE — Divorce. estoppel (per rem judicatam).
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Estoppel per rem judicatam — Previous petition alleging cruelty and adultery dismissed — Second petition alleging desertion — Unreasonable delay — Petitioner resident abroad — Fruitless proceedings.

  DIVORCE — Divorce. estoppel (per rem judicatam).
• Mclellan v Mclellan

  23 Nov 1953 [1954] P 138; [1953] 3 WLR 1139, PDA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance — High Court

  MAINTENANCE — Power to date payment from issue of summons.
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance — High Court — Wilful neglect to maintain — Order of the High Court — Power to date payments from issue of summons — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 23 — Matrimonial Causes Rules, 1950 (S.I. 1950, No. 1940), r. 56 (10).

  MAINTENANCE — Power to date payment from issue of summons.

  1 Statute considered

  1 Statutory Instrument considered
• Stransky v Stransky

  04 Jun 1954 [1954] 3 WLR 123, PDA

  04 Jun 1954 [1954] P 428, PDA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 1 negative. Subsequent citations: 6.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Residence

  RESIDENCE
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Residence — “Ordinarily resident” in England — Temporary absence — Jurisdiction — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 5, c. 25), s. 18 (1) (b).

  RESIDENCE

  2 Statutes considered

• In The Estate Of Maldonado, Decd

  22 May 1953 [1954] P 223; [1953] 3 WLR 204, PDA

  30 Nov 1953 [1954] P 223; [1954] 2 WLR 64, CA

  Subsequent citations: 2.
  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Administration of estates — Intestacy
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  CONFLICT OF LAWS — Administration of estates — Intestacy — Bona vacantia — Deceased domiciled abroad at death — Personal estate in England — Claim of foreign State as ultimus heres — Whether Crown's claim to bona vacantia excluded.

  2 Case(s) considered
• West v West

  26 May 1954 [1954] P 444, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 1 negative; most recently considered: 2022. Subsequent citations: 3.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance — High Court
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance — High Court — Wilful neglect to maintain — Reasonable belief in wife's adultery — Husband's petition for divorce founded on adultery dismissed — Whether husband guilty of wilful neglect to provide maintenance before petition dismissed — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 23 (1).

  1 Statute considered
• King v King

  05 Jul 1953 [1953] 3 WLR 433, PDA

  12 Oct 1953 [1954] P 55; [1953] 3 WLR 767, CA

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive; 3 neutral. Subsequent citations: 1.
  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance — High Court

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Cruelty
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  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Maintenance — High Court — Jurisdiction — Parties judicially separated Wife's application for secured maintenance — Meaning of “jurisdiction” in Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950 (14 Geo. 6, c. 25), s. 23.

  HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Cruelty — Husband's petition — Nagging — Matters to be taken into consideration.

  1 Statute considered
• Assunzione, The

  Subsequent considerations : 2 positive. Subsequent citations: 5.
• In re St Mary, Tyne Dock

  12 Mar 1954 [1954] P 369; [1954] 2 WLR 1129; [1954] 2 All ER 339, Const Ct (Hylton-Foster Ch)

  Subsequent considerations : 1 positive; 2 neutral; most recently considered: 1995. Subsequent citations: 5.
  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Ornaments
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  ECCLESIASTICAL LAW — Faculty — Ornaments — Removal of illegal ornaments — Reservation of the sacrament in a tabernacle or aumbry — Authority of the bishop — Sanctuary gong and bells — Altar lights and other candle-holders — Incense, thurible and incense boat — Confessional table and chair — Crucifixes and processional cross — Second and third holy tables — Stations of the Cross — Holy water stoup, cruet of holy oil and humoral veil — Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Child Jesus.