M v S (Approved)

1.������ This is an application for a decree of divorce and certain ancillary orders. Highlighted, underlined terms are defined on the last page of this judgment which, in order better to ensure the privacy of the parties, is being provided only to the parties.

2.������ The within proceedings were commenced by special summons of 4 February 2020 but follow on judicial separation proceedings that have lingered in the courts for many years without much by way of meaningful progress. The following reliefs are now sought, presumably pursuant to point 3 of the reliefs sought in the summary summons (to the extent that the reliefs now sought are not expressly referenced in points 1 or 2 of the summary summons):

(1) ��� a decree of divorce pursuant to s.5(1) of the Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996;

(2) ��� an order for the immediate sale of the family home (the Address A property) pursuant to s.15(1)(a)(ii) of the Act of 1996 on condition that after the deduction of the Creditor 2 and costs of sale that the net proceeds of sale would be held by the applicant�s solicitors on the undertaking to discharge the sums agreed to be paid to Creditor 1 and Creditor 3 under the agreements with same;

(3) ��� an order that any remaining proceeds would be a matter for the court in its discretion to apply bearing in mind the applicant�s liabilities and needs;