CLERK v. CLERK Husband and wife—Divorce—Law applicable—Marriage dissolved as a result of petition filed in July 1971—Application filed in 1976 for order for maintenance and property settlement—Application considered a step taken in a matter pending since the passing of the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971—Whether court could apply the English Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act, 1970, in view of law imposing ban on application of English statutes—Whether application a proper case falling within the exception to the ban made by section 111 (8) of Act 372—Effect when section 44 (2) of Act 367 and section 111 (8) of Act 372 read together—English Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Act, 1970 (c. 45)—Courts Ordinance, Cap. 4 (1951 Rev.)—Courts Act, 1971 (Act 372), s. 111 (8)—Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971 (Act 367), s. 44 (2).