The Weekly Law Reports
[1966] 2 WLR 660
[COURT OF APPEAL]
JOYCE
v.
JOYCE
1966 Feb. 1
LORD DENNING M.R., DANCKWERTS and SALMON L.JJ.
Husband and Wife
— Divorce
— Discretion
— Form of statement
— Whether name and address of known adulterer to be stated
— Whether material for court
— Practice when particulars written down in the witness-box
—
Matrimonial Causes Rules, 1957 (S.I. 1957 No. 619), r. 28 (1).
Husband and Wife
— Divorce
— Discretion
— Exercise
— Whether court satisfied of full disclosure of adultery
— Same standard of proof as in charge of adultery
— Whether prospect of reconciliation
— Whether both sides entitled to decree.
Husband and Wife
— Adultery
— Man unknown, with
— Divorce
— Whether decree grantable.
Husband and Wife
— Adultery
— Evidence
— Burden of proof
— Civil or criminal standard
— Petition on ground of adultery
— Discretion statement
— Conflicting findings on adultery issues.
Burden of Proof
— Matrimonial causes
— Civil or criminal standard
— Conflicting findings on same issue of adultery.