Mahtani v Mahtani [2023] EWHC 2988 (Fam)

A wife succeeded in getting a stay lifted on her English divorce and financial remedy proceedings, which had been initiated in 2021 and 2022. The Deputy High Court Judge refused to recognise a Malaysian court-ordered divorce, because the husband had misled the Malaysian court in 2017. The marriage was still valid in England, and the wife’s applications would be heard by the English court.