Conspiracy: Marital Exemption and Polygamy

摘要

Dr Yilkyes Bala, a Nigerian, married Mrs Rosemary Bala in 1985 in Nigeria, and in 1997, also in Nigeria, polygamously married Mrs Giwo Bala-Tonglele. These were both lawful marriages in that country. Dr Bala became domiciled in the UK in 1993, and repeated his 1985 marriage in England in 1996. His marriage to Mrs Rosemary Bala was still in effect at the point of his marriage to Mrs Giwo Bala-Tonglele, and remained so at the time of the judgment. It is relevant that at all material times Mrs Giwo Bala-Tonglele was never domiciled in England or Wales.