“…o amend. Neither was voidable in the sense that the court had a discretion to allow them to stand. (See the judgment of Sir George Baker P. in Dryden v. Dryden [1973] Fam. 217 and also the judgment of this court In re F. (Infants) [1977] Fam. 165, where the point was fully considered).…”
“…o option or discretion in the matter and must do so. The most obvious examples are provided by cases where, in Sir George Baker P.’s phrase in Dryden v. Dryden [1973] Fam. 217, 237: “…the irregularity is such that it undermines the adversary procedure for the entire proceedings,” e.g., where there has been a total failure to comply w…”