Boothroyd v Boothroyd and Slater

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Adultery — Evidence — Cross-examination — Alleged adultery of respondent wife not put to her in chief — No denial of adultery when examined on behalf of co-respondent — Evidence given explaining equivocal acts as innocent — Whether equivalent to evidence in disproof of adultery — Admissibility — Matrimonial Causes Act, 1950, s 32 (3)

[1964] P 82; [1964] 2 WLR 192