Stanhope v Stanhope

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1885
CourtCourt of Appeal
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22 cases
  • Purse v Purse
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 December 1980
    ...of the cases this consideration is put forward as decisive for the conclusion that the process cannot survive the death (see e. g. STANHOPE -v- STANHOPE (1886) 11 PD 103. This consideration would be decisive in a case in which the Court of Appeal was asked, in the exercise of Its discretion......
  • Re Seaford, decd
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 24 November 1967
    ...it destroyed the cause of action, and there was no longer any subject-matter to which the purported decree absolute could apply. 15 In Stanhope v. Stanhope, (1886) 11 Probate Division 103, it was held that where one of the parties to a marriage had died after the decree nisi, it was not com......
  • Rodriquez v Ebanks
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 21 February 2014
    ...22 Q.B.D. 128, referred to. (13) Shephard, In re, Atkins v. ShephardELR(1889), 43 Ch. D. 131, applied. (14) Stanhope v. StanhopeELR(1886), 11 P.D. 103, applied. (15) Wheatley v. LaneENR(1667), 1 Saund. 216; 85 E.R. 228, referred to. Legislation construed: Grand Court Rules 1995, O.15, r.6(2......
  • Hou Wa Yi v Yap Kiat Cheong
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 27 March 2012
    ...decd, Re [1968] 1 P 53 (folld) Sivakolunthu Kumarasamy v Shanmugam Nagaiah [1987] SLR (R) 702; [1987] SLR 182 (refd) Stanhope v Stanhope (1886) 11 PD 103 (folld) Suci Mathews v Thomas Mathews [1985] 2 MLJ 228 (folld) Women's Charter (Cap 353, 1985 Rev Ed) s 106 (1) Women's Charter (Cap 353,......
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  • What Happens If One Party Passes Away During A Divorce Proceeding: Part II
    • Hong Kong
    • Mondaq Hong Kong
    • 14 June 2022
    ...in which matrimonial proceedings were abated by death nevertheless serve to illustrate Lord Brandon's point. In Stanhope v Stanhope (1886) 11 PD 103, the terms of a family trust provided that if H died, his widow would become entitled to certain interests under the trust. W having been unfa......

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