Johnston v Johnston - [1950] NZLR 1016

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Practice — Petition — Notice to Respondent — Amendment — War Marriage — Errors in Petition and Notice to Respondent — Noncompliance with Rules — Amendment "merely verbal" — Amendment allowed without Reservice of Proceedings — Court ordering Service of Sealed Copy of Order — Service of "True copy" not Non-compliance with Any Rule — Code of Civil Procedure, RR 599, 604 — Matrimonial Causes Rules, 1943, RR 27, 28, 74.

Practice — Rules — Non-compliance — Proceedings not rendered void, except where Expressly so Provided — Code of Civil Procedure, R 599 — Matrimonial Causes Rules, 1943, R 74.