Vervaeke (formerly Messina) v Smith

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1981
Date1981
Year1981
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)

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27 cases
  • Westminster City Council v C and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 19 March 2008
    ...model of marriage. 77 The high point of this alternative approach is, I think, the speech of Lord Simon of Glaisdale in Vervaeke (formerly Messina) v Smith [1983] AC 145 at 164–166. It is, in my judgment, worthwhile spending a moment recalling the facts of that case. Mrs. Vervaeke, who was ......
  • Man (E. D. & F.) (Sugar) Ltd v Yani Haryanto (No. 2)
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 December 1990
    ... ... with a previous decision of a competent English court: see Vervaeke V. Smith [1983] 1 AC 145 ... 44 The crucial ... ...
  • Tan Ah Thee v Lim Soo Foong
    • Singapore
    • High Court (Singapore)
    • 27 April 2009
    ... ... In Vervaeke (formerly Messina) v Smith , [1983] AC 145, the parties married for the ... ...
  • Izmailovic &; Ads v Commissioner of an Garda Síochána and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 31 January 2011
    ... ... ILRM 629 1988/4/995 CIVIL REGISTRATION ACT 2004 S2 VERVAEKE v SMITH & ORS 1983 1 AC 145 1982 2 WLR 855 1982 2 AER 144 S (H) v S ... ...
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