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Henry VIII & a Divorce Bill

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29 April 2020 / David Burrows
Issue: 7884 / Categories: Features , Family , Divorce
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Henry VIII divorce bill
The time has come to consider the plight of the increasing numbers of people who are outside the pale of UK marriage laws, says David Burrows

My brother Gold in ‘Blame still alive’ tells of delays still over the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill due to decisions needed on rules and an online system for divorce (see ‘Civil Way’, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, 31 January 2020, p15). As I mention below the only thing left for judges is to decide if a period for the divorce process can be shortened. The question of why registering a divorce application—like a marriage or death—needs to involve the courts at all is unclear. Parallel money issues will stay. After JK v MK & anor [2020] EWFC 2, Mostyn J (declaration that a consent order application prepared one company acting for both spouses was not a conflict of interest) the whole case —ancillary aspects and all—can just be a matter of simple registration too.

Meanwhile the Bill ploughs

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