Sheldon v Sheldon

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Cruelty — Tests of — Sexual intercourse, deprivation of — Withdrawal from sexual intercourse — Husband's persistent refusal of intercourse over long period after years of normal marriage — Conduct causing injury to wife's health — Conduct persisted in despite husband's knowledge of effect on wife's health — Corroborating medical evidence — Whether capable of constituting cruelty in absence of extenuating circumstances

[1966] P 62; [1966] 2 WLR 993