Hearings
England & Wales
04 Jul 1963 [1961] P 6; [1964] P 6; [1963] 3 WLR 551; [1963] 3 All ER 164, CA
Howarth v Howarth
Subject Matter
FRAUD — Fraud to court (discretion to refuse order) — Divorce — Adultery denied — Finding of adultery based on an inference — No proof of perjury
[1961] P 6; [1963] 3 WLR 551
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Discretion — Failure to pray for exercise — Denial of adultery by petitioner — Petitioner found to have committed adultery — Finding based on inference which might have been mistaken — Whether denial constituted perjury — Whether court a discretion to grant decree