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JQ v IQ [2025] EWFC 192 (B)
Judgment date: 23 June 2025
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/192
HHJ Vincent. A Pakistani divorce was deemed to be valid in the UK on public policy grounds and permission was granted for the wife to bring financial remedies proceedings in this jurisdiction.
This hearing concerned the
Ogbedo v Oghenerume-Taiga [2024] EWHC 3193 (Fam)
Judgment date: 12 December 2024
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/3193
Sir Jonathan Cohen. This is a successful application of NO (herein referred to as ‘F’) to strike out MT’s (herein referred to as ‘M’) application for nullity pursuant to FPR 4.4 on the basis
HK v SS [2025] EWFC 5 (B)
Judgment date: 14 January 2025
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/5
HHJ Simmonds, National Lead Judge for Divorce. Guidance on when a delay between conditional order being made, and application for a final order, is delay sufficient to cause the court to question whether a final order
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