REJECTION OF INTERVENTION
DIVORCE SUIT AT CHRISTCHURCH. MODIFICATIONS OF LAW NEEDED. By Telegraph--Press Association. Christchurch, Nov. 23. Rejection of the intervention of the Solicitor-General in the undefended divorce suit of Charles Hector Hopkins against Theresa Marie Hopkins was announced in a reserved judgment by Mr. Justice Reed this morning. The Solicitor-General had intervened on the ground that the material facts had not been placed before the court, namely that the petitioner* had committed misconduct since the separation, upon which a decree nisi made in May, 1933, was based. The judge held that petitioner had withheld the fact in ignorance and also ruled that misconduct alone was insufficient to affect petitioner’s case. Therefore the decree would not be rescinded. In further observations the judge declared that the law relating to intervention had stood. still in the Dominion and possible modifications of the latest English statutory provisions might be usefully adopted. No costs were allowed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 November 1933, Page 5
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