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Courts may have created accidental bigamists by wrongly applying divorce rules

Andrew Newbury, a partner with Hall Brown Family Law, said the mistakes could be down to a lack of resources. "In recent years, there has been a succession of court closures, meaning that there are fewer courts now available to deal with family law matters and each, as a result, appears to be handling a far greater volume of cases.