Nullity of Marriage in UK Law

  • Minton v Minton
    • House of Lords
    • 23 Noviembre 1978
    ... ... financial provisions made for a spouse after the breakdown of a marriage. A man may be prepared to consent to an order being made in favour of his ... :— "On granting a decree of divorce, a decree of nullity of marriage or a decree of judicial separation or at any time thereafter ... ...
  • Miller v Miller (Short Marriage: Clean break)
    • House of Lords
    • 24 Mayo 2006
    ... ... 36 So I turn to the statute. Section 25A provides: '(1) Where on or after the grant of a decree of divorce or nullity of marriage the court decides to exercise its powers under section 23(1)(a) [power to order periodical payments] … in favour of a party to the ... ...
  • Hyman v Hyman
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Abril 1929
    ... ... , 1912, and co-habited for some years; there is no issue of the marriage. On the 20th September, 1919, a Deed of Separation was executed between ... "(1) The Court may, if it thinks fit, on any decree for divorce or nullity of marriage, order that the husband shall, to the satisfaction of the ... ...
  • Bellinger v Bellinger
    • House of Lords
    • 10 Abril 2003
    ... ... On 2 May 1981 Mr and Mrs Bellinger went through a ceremony of marriage to each other. Section 1(c) of the Nullity of Marriage Act 1971, ... ...
  • Clibbery v Allan and another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 Enero 2002
    ... ... of the general public to the lack of a concept of 'common law marriage' and that women should be aware of how little rights they have on the ... to deal with petitions for divorce a mensa et thoro and nullity and the ancillary orders which would have to be made following such ... ...
  • Vervaeke (formerly Messina) v Smith
    • House of Lords
    • 07 Abril 1982
    ... ... the 7th September 1973, prays for a declaration that a decree of nullity obtained in Belgium in respect of a ceremony of marriage between her and ... ...
  • Thynne v Thynne
    • Court of Appeal
    • 27 Julio 1955
    ... ... ofhe S the petitioner deposes: "In order that our proposed marriage sight not be discovered my former husband, when applying for the Marriage ... the bare idea that the decree absolute should be set asideas a nullity. As I have no such application before me, I need only add that, even if ... ...
  • Indyka v Indyka
    • House of Lords
    • 23 Mayo 1967
    ... ... that the Czech divorce was invalid and that therefore his second marriage was invalid. Latey, J. accepted this contention and pronounced decree of ... ground of jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in cases of nullity, divorce a mensa et thoro or other matters. This depended on residence ... ...
  • Wachtel v Wachtel
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 Febrero 1973
    ... ... On 21st July, 1972, there was a divorce on the ground that the marriage had irretrievably broken down. In consequence many things have to be ... ...
  • Ben Hashem v Al Shayif
    • Family Division
    • 17 Abril 2009
    ... ... Act 1973, and (iii) the impact, if any, of the fact that the ‘marriage’ was bigamous ... 4 2. The case has been fought tenaciously, ... : “(1) On granting a decree of divorce, a decree of nullity of marriage or a decree of judicial separation or at any time thereafter ... ...
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