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Supreme Court judgment sends ‘warning shot’ to oversea divorcees
1st February 2024
Law Gazette
Today’s Supreme Court judgment on applications for financial relief following an overseas divorce has been described as ‘long overdue’ and ‘a warning that an application in this jurisdiction is not a meal ticket’.
The majority judgment in Potanina v Potanin found the practice in dealing with application for leave under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 flouted the essential requirement of procedural fairness.
Baroness Shackleton, who represented Potanin, said: ‘I am delighted, and grateful to the Supreme Court for its careful analysis of how this troubling practice had developed in family law and for putting it right. The judge at first instance wished to change his mind having heard from both parties and I am pleased that he has been vindicated for doing so. Divorce tourists will now have their claims subject to fair and robust scrutiny before being granted leave in this jurisdiction. It is long overdue.’
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