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Bodey J in Chai v Peng

[2014] EWHC 3519 (Fam)
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
CourtHigh Court (Family Division), Bodey J
Year2014
StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

For the purpose of founding English divorce jurisdiction on habitual residence, a petitioner must show that, for the twelve months preceding the petition, England was the permanent or habitual centre of her interests; and a foreign court's finding that it is the forum conveniens does not create a res judicata or issue estoppel binding the English court.

Area of Law

General

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