Szechter (orse. Karsov) v Szechter

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1970
Year1970
CourtProbate, Divorce and Admiralty Division
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37 cases
  • Conlon v Mohamed
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 1 January 1989
    ...227; M. (orse. K.) v. K.IR [1985] I.R. 733 and B. (orse. O'R.) v. O'R.IR [1991] 1 I.R. 289 applied. Szechter (orse. Karsov) v. SzechterELR[1971] P.286 not followed. 2. That threats of suicide made by the respondent exerted pressure on the petitioner's mind which he was unable to resist, and......
  • Singh v Singh
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 1 February 1971
    ...sort of topics was discussed in H. v. H. (1954 Probate, p.268) and a number of other oases, and recently by the President in Szechter (orse. Karsov) v. Szechter (1 W. L. R. 1971 p. 171). In each of those cases there was a danger to the petitioners (both women) unless a ceremony of marriage ......
  • H v H
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 6 March 2007
    ...FLR 1193; [2005] 2 F.C.R. 467; [2005] INLR 614; [2005] WTLR 1223; [2005] Fam. Law 857; [2005] UKHL 42, applied. (9) Szechter v. Szechter, [1971] P. 286; [1970] 3 All E.R. 905, dictum of Simon, P. applied. Legislation construed: Matrimonial Causes Law (2005 Revision), s.5: The relevant terms......
  • Michele Alexia Canham v Cutty Sark Land Company
    • Cayman Islands
    • Grand Court (Cayman Islands)
    • 18 February 2022
    ...[2007] 1 FLR 444, at paras. 32 – 38): '[32] The first is that, as Sir Jocelyn Simon, P. pointed out in Szechter (orse Karsov) v. Szechter [1971] P. 286, at 297, although in the nature of things the source of the fear and the agent of duress will generally be the other party to the marriage,......
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7 books & journal articles
  • Nullity
    • Jamaica
    • Family Law in Jamaica
    • 18 August 2018
    ...this case, duress was raised as a subsidiary point to the main issue of mental capacity.55. (1886) 12 PD 21.56. (1983) 4 FLR 232.57. [1970] 3 All ER 905.58. BB 1990 HC 33.59. [1967] 2 All ER Nullity 49sufcient 60 or does it have to be an immediate threat to life, limb or liberty; or is it ......
  • `I do not Attach Great Significance to it': Taking Note of `The Holocaust' in English Case Law
    • United Kingdom
    • Social & Legal Studies No. 17-4, December 2008
    • 1 December 2008
    ...Owen [1957] 1 QB 174.Reid’s Trustees v M’George (1929) IH (2 Div).Sadler Bros. v Meredith [1963] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 293.Szechter v Szechter [1970] 3 All ER 905.Unger v Preston [1942] 1 All ER 200.Verrall v Guardian Newspapers (Transcript 26 June 1986).Ward v Van de Loeff [1924] All ER Rep 542.Xv......
  • Without consent: forced marriage in Australia.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 36 No. 3, December 2012
    • 1 December 2012
    ...Elimination of Discrimination against Women: Eleventh Session, UN GAOR, 47th sess, UN Doc A/47/38 (1992) [11]. (14) Szechter v Szechter [1971] P 286, 297-8 (Simon (15) Hirani v Hirani (1983) 4 FLR 232. See also SHv NB [2010] 1 FLR 1927. (16) Singh v Singh [1971] P 226; Hirani v Hirani (1983......
  • Marriage
    • Canada
    • Irwin Books Conflict of Laws. Second Edition
    • 21 June 2016
    ...validity of a marriage. Based on Sottomayor v De Barros (No 2)70 and Ogden,71 Dicey, Morris and Collins propounds the following: 66 [1971] 2 WLR 170 at 177 (PDA). 67 Above note 28. 68 Ibid at para 17-123, approving of the position taken in Fawcett & Carruthers, above note 35 at 973-76: “It ......
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