The Law Reports (Family Division)
[2013] Fam 77
Note
Hudson
v
Leigh
Leigh
v
Hudson
[2009] EWHC 1306 (Fam)
2009 April 23,
24,
27;
June 5
Bodey J
Husband and wife— Marriage— Declaration of marital status— Parties undergoing ceremony in Cape Town intentionally not complying with formal requirements of South African law— Ceremony meant to be religious blessing only— Parties intending actual marriage to be effected subsequently in United Kingdom— Effect of ceremony— Whether creating status of marriage between parties—
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18) (as amended by Marriage Act 1983 (c 32), s 12, Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), ss 2(2), 48(2) and Marriage (Prohibited Degrees of Relationship) Act 1986 (c 16), s 6(4)), ss 11, 12, 13(2)
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