R v Sagoo
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judge | LORD JUSTICE JAMES |
| Judgment Date | 09 May 1975 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [1975] EWCA Crim J0509-3 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
| Date | 09 May 1975 |
| Docket Number | No. 4835/C/74 |
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4 cases
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CG 11 1991
...as a matter of law when the husband acquired a domicile of choice in England and Wales (Ali v. Ali [1968] P 564, 575 and R v. Sagoo [1975] QB 885, 890). That domicile of choice endured until his death and therefore immediately before his death the claimant was monogamously married to him. T......
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Suen Toi Lee v Yau Yee Ping
...a change in the law of the country where the marriage was celebrated or by a subsequent change in the husband's domicile: see R v. Sagoo [1975] QB 885. A-G of Ceylon v. Reid [1965] AC 720 Lord Upjohn "noted with interest" the observations of Sir Jocelyn Simon P in Cheni (orse Rodriguez) v. ......
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The State v Boas Gugu
...at the time of the alleged bigamous ceremony of marriage, the accused was held to have been correctly convicted of bigamy: R v Sagoo [1975] 2 All ER 926. According to s55(2) of the Marriage Act, a native customary marriage is as valid and effectual as a marriage under Part IV of the Act. Bu......
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Jamel Hassen v DPP
...which is the basis of the offence must be a monogamous marriage, and not one celebrated under a lawful system of polygamy ( Sagoo [1975] QB 885)." 10 In his interview with the police at the time of his arrest Mr Hassen had admitted that he had gone through the two marriage ceremonies. He wa......