Hassan v Hassan - [1978] 1 NZLR 385

Conflict of laws — Divorce by non-judicial process — Potentially polygamous marriage of Egyptian man and New Zealand woman celebrated in accordance with Mohammedan law in Egyptian Consulate in Greece — Husband domiciled in Egypt — Talak divorce in New Zealand — Valid under Egyptian law — Declaration that marriage validly dissolved according to New Zealand law — Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1963, s 17.