Judgment published today by Mr Justice Cusworth in the case of Lazcano v Haines following a trial in June. An unusual jurisdiction case involving consideration of a respondent’s domicile. Katie Cowton KC and Joe Rainer, instructed by Miranda Fisher, Michael Wells-Greco, Matt Foster and Isobel Asti of Charles Russell Speechlys, acted for the successful respondent, who persuaded the court that their client had acquired Switzerland as a domicile of choice over a decade ago, and consequently that there was no jurisdiction for the English court to entertain the nullity proceedings brought by the applicant.

The judgment contains a useful summary and analysis on the law of domicile following the recent landmark judgments on the topic from the Court of Appeal in Ramana v Kist-Ramana [2025] EWCA Civ 1022 and Ferrara v Ferrara [2026] EWCA Civ 512.