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Can I sue my fiancee for breaking his promise to marry me shortly before the wedding ? The cancellation of the wedding has caused me terrible suffering, shame and embarrassment, to both me and my family, as well as expense.

Yes, though to get compensation on the basis of a successful plea for the civil wrong of breach of marriage is difficult, to prove and to quantify in terms of pain and suffering. A lot depends on whether the bridegroom was justified in cancelling the wedding, given the wife's behaviour.

It is easier to concentrate on the contractual elements - and to sue for recovery of expenses paid out for hiring the hall, buying the wedding dress, printing and sending out invitations etc.