Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 18 October 2006.
1. The Petitioner’s application for ancillary relief in these divorce proceedings began in February 2002, and have since gone along a rather tortuous and costly route. Firstly, the 1 st Respondent decided to abscond from this jurisdiction in about the middle of 2003 and secondly the 2 nd Respondent, a lady cited by the Petitioner in the amended petition, suddenly appeared on the scene in about November 2004, having not taken part in the proceedings previously, and decided to apply to set aside