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Jurisdiction: Pakistan or England?
Alexa Payet provides some useful guidance on cross-border probate disputes In deciding whether Pakistan was the natural and more appropriate forum for the trial, the court applied the factors outlined in Spiliada. In the case of Rehman v Hamid [2019], Mrs Ali was born in pre-partition India in 1942. Upon partition Mrs Ali and her …
Cases Referenced
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- Kelly v Pyres [2018] EWCA Civ 1368
- Rehman v Hamid [2019] EWHC 3692 (Ch); [2021] WTLR 663 ChD
- Spiliada Maritime Corp v Cansulex Ltd [1986] UKHL 10