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Divorce: Finding fault
Emma Morris and Lara Myers look at the factors that may prevent pronouncement of a decree, and the increasing calls for the introduction of no-fault divorce ‘It seems that the court’s inquiry is extremely limited where an acknowledgement of service indicates that the petition is undefended, and that a requirement for further evidence or a …
Cases Referenced
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- Ash v Ash [1972] Fam 135
- Dart v Dart (1995) unreported, Court of Appeal, 27 October
- Livingstone-Stallard v Livingstone-Stallard [1974] Fam 47
- Miller-Smith v Miller-Smith [2009] EWHC 3623 (Fam); [2009] EWCA Civ 1297
- O'Neill v O'Neill [1975] EWCA Civ 1
- Owens v Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182
- Stevens v Stevens [1979] 1 WLR 885
- Thakkar v Thakkar [2016] EWHC 2488 (Fam)