A Court of Appeal decision has left an estranged wife “stranded in a miserable situation” and showed how “archaic” English divorce law now is, according to Brett Frankle, a partner in the family team at law firm Withers.
On Friday last week (24/03/2017), the Court of Appeal in London handed down its decision in Owens v Owens, declining to grant Tini Owens permission to divorce her husband by upholding the High Court\'s decision that current divorce legislation could not allow it.
Mrs Owens had sought to divorce her husband over 40 years, 78 year old retired mushroom farmer, Hugh, citing unreas...
