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de la Haye v Le Corre [1982] JLR 7 (12 January 1982)
In this divorce case, the court clarified that a respondent’s admission of adultery is not evidence against a co-respondent unless there is independent proof.
H. v W. [1981] JLR 133 (15 September 1981)
Family law case on financial provision, where adultery, desertion, and neglect of teenage children were treated as conduct justifying reduction.
Comerford v Such [1979] JLR 119 (26 September 1979)
The court held that adultery in divorce proceedings must be proved by strong evidence; facts leading only to suspicion are not enough.
Elwell v Knight [1976] JJ 383 (11 June 1976)
In this family law case, the court held that adultery did not justify reducing financial provision where it was induced by the other spouse’s neglect of marital sexual responsibilities.
Elwell v Knight [1976] JJ 367 (15 April 1976)
The case concerns the standard of proof for adultery in divorce proceedings, holding that such allegations require a high standard appropriate to serious deliberate misconduct.
Graham v Pearce [1973] JJ 2435 (13 July 1973)
In judicial separation proceedings, the court held that adultery must be proved by a high standard of proof; the balance of probabilities alone is insufficient.
Davey v Marks [1972] JJ 2029 (15 March 1972)
In a Jersey divorce case, the court considered whether a husband's violence and imprisonment could count as conduct conducing to his wife's adultery.
Sauvey v Freeman [1970] JJ 1339 (19 February 1970)
Divorce was granted on adultery grounds. The case states that adultery is a serious matrimonial offence requiring high proof, but strong circumstantial evidence may suffice.
Weston v Boyers [1969] JJ 1199 (24 October 1969)
Divorce case on whether a petitioner’s conduct that helped lead to the respondent’s adultery can bar a decree nisi at the court’s discretion.
Brett v Brett (nee McFarling) [1966] JJ 703 (28 November 1966)
In a divorce case, the court held that a respondent’s admission of adultery, with evidence of intimacy and opportunity, could establish adultery despite the co-respondent’s denial.
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