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Booth v. Viscount [2016] 1 JLR 201 (22 March 2016)
The court held that a debtor’s spouse could not be paid from matrimonial home sale proceeds where those proceeds were insufficient to satisfy secured creditors first.
P -v- Q (Matrimonial) [2013] JRC 148D (29 July 2013)
Ancillary relief judgment awarding the matrimonial home to the wife, allocating a joint loan to the husband, and ordering nominal child maintenance.
O v O [2005] JLR 535 (14 November 2005)
The court refused a Mesher order in a family finance dispute, saying postponed sale and regular payments were unsuitable given enforcement risks and housing concerns.
Sappe -v- Viscount [2005] JRC 101 (01 August 2005)
The Royal Court refused an application to vary a 1999 désastre order, holding it had no statutory or inherent power to revise a final Article 12 decision.
In re B v [2005] JLR_Note 31 (01 August 2005)
A Jersey bankruptcy note concerning the treatment of a matrimonial home in désastre proceedings.
1999/195 - Representation of Hales re McDermott, en desastre [1999] UR 195 (3 November 1999)
The court granted Mrs McDermott a vesting order for her home after her husband’s désastre, but imposed a third charge for the Viscount to balance creditor interests.
In re Ostroumoff v [1999] JLR 238 (14 September 1999)
The court held that art. 12 of the Bankruptcy (Desastre) (Jersey) Law 1990 did not apply to a jointly owned matrimonial home where both spouses were en desastre.
1999/155 - Re Ostroumoff [1999] UR 155 (14 September 1999)
The Royal Court refused Mrs Ostroumoff’s Article 12 application to stay in the matrimonial home, holding the provision did not apply to a spouse who was herself bankrupt.
In re the desastre of Hanley v [1993] JLR_Note 2b (15 November 1993)
Note on a desastre application by the debtor’s spouse concerning rights in the matrimonial home during insolvency proceedings.
Sewrey v Sewrey (nee White) [1985] JLR_Note 12b (26 March 1986)
A Jersey matrimonial financial provision note concerning the wife’s contribution to the matrimonial home and its relevance to the court’s assessment.
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