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Nigel Dyer QC's take on divorce in the Supreme Court

Date:11 FEB 2019
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Durham Law School recently hosted leading family law silk Nigel Dyer QC - from 1 Hare Court - who offered his reflections on this significant case of Owens v Owens.

In July 2018 the U.K. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision in Owens v Owens [2018] UKSC 41. Attracting extensive media coverage, the judgment saw the Justices unanimously refuse to grant a divorce to Mrs Owens who petitioned on the basis that her husband’s behaviour was such that she could not reasonably be expected to live with him.


Read the full article here.

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