Hearings
28 Oct 1966 [1968] P 74; [1966] 3 WLR 1193; [1966] 3 All ER 797, DC
11 May 1967 [1968] P 74; [1967] 3 WLR 907; [1967] 2 All ER 961, CA
Northrop v Northrop
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Child, maintenance for — Wilful neglect to maintain wife and child — Consensual separation — £2 per week paid for child — No express agreement to maintain wife — £2 inadequate for child if no maintenance for wife — Child dependent upon wife — Failure to maintain child throwing obligation onto wife — Wife's earning capacity thereby impaired — Whether necessary implication that husband agrees to support wife — Principles to be applied in assessing quantum of maintenance
[1968] P 74; [1966] 3 WLR 1193; [1967] 3 WLR 907
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Wilful neglect to maintain child only — Jurisdiction to award maintenance for wife — Jurisdiction to make matrimonial orders — Quantum of maintenance for wife that which is reasonable in all the circumstances — Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates Courts) Act, 1960, ss 1 (1), 2 (1)
Appellate History
Northrop v Northrop [1968] P 74; [1966] 3 WLR 1193; [1966] 3 All ER 797, DC
Decision of the Divisional Court affirmed
Northrop v Northrop [1968] P 74; [1967] 3 WLR 907; [1967] 2 All ER 961, CA