Nullity: Clear intentions

Boodle Hatfield LLP | Family Law Journal | March 2020 #194
Katie Male considers the implications of the status of a marriage as to the financial remedies available and the circumstances in which the court may show flexibility ‘Where a petitioner is able to prove that the marriage in question is voidable or void and therefore susceptible to a degree of nullity, they will have access …

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Validity Of Marriage: When we are married

Vardags | Family Law Journal | April 2017 #165
Moji Sobowale outlines the law relating to the recognition of an overseas marriage, and the potential outcomes on an application for a declaration of validity ‘The production of a marriage certificate issued by a competent authority, in accordance with the registration laws of the country in which the marriage took place, will usually be sufficient …

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Validity Of Marriage: More than a formality

B P Collins LLP | Family Law Journal | March 2014 #134
Rebecca Huxford outlines the courts’ approach to validity of marriage and when there may be a ‘non-marriage’ ‘Where there has been nothing that could even be considered a ceremony or a purported marriage that this will not give rise to an entitlement to a decree of divorce or nullity.’Family lawyers are generally only consulted at …

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Validity Of Marriage: Following the rules

Russell-Cooke LLP | Family Law Journal | November 2012 #121
Kate Hamilton looks at recent case law on validity of marriage There are numerous couples (knowingly and unknowingly) who undertake ceremonies that are simply not capable of creating a marriage recognised under English law.It is fairly uncommon for the principles relating to the law of nullity to pass across the desk of the average family …

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