Joyce v Joyce (1966)

Subject Matter

BURDEN OF PROOF — Matrimonial causes — Civil or criminal standard — Conflicting findings on same issue of adultery

[1966] P 84; [1966] 2 WLR 660

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Adultery — Evidence — Burden of proof — Civil or criminal standard — Petition on ground of adultery — Discretion statement — Conflicting findings on adultery issues

[1966] P 84; [1966] 2 WLR 660

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Adultery — Man unknown, with — Divorce — Whether decree grantable

[1966] P 84; [1966] 2 WLR 660

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

[1966] P 84; [1966] 2 WLR 660

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 witness-box — Matrimonal Causes Rules, 1957, r 28 (1)

[1966] P 84; [1966] 2 WLR 660