Hearings
England & Wales
[1957] 2 WLR 138, CA
[1957] P 19, CA
31 Jan 1975 [1976] Fam 25; [1975] 2 WLR 868; [1975] 2 All ER 208; 73 LGR 488, CA
Thompson v Thompson
Subject Matter
ESTOPPEL — Per rem judicatam — Husband and wife — Divorce — Petition by husband alleging perjury by wife in previous maintenance proceedings — Dismissal of wife's charge of cruelty in maintenance proceedings — Wife repeating charge of cruelty against husband in answer to his petition in divorce — Application to strike out allegations of cruelty — No estoppel binding the court in divorce jurisdiction.
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Practice (in matrimonial causes) — Pleading — Rules to be observed.
ESTOPPEL — Per rem judicatam — Husband and wife — Divorce — Petition by husband alleging perjury by wife in previous maintenance proceedings — Dismissal of wife's charge of cruelty in maintenance proceedings — Wife repeating charge of cruelty against husband in answer to his petition in divorce — Application to strike out allegations of cruelty — No estoppel binding the court in divorce jurisdiction.
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Practice (in matrimonial causes) — Pleading — Rules to be observed.
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Property — Transfer of property — Council house — Husband tenant — Wife's application for transfer of tenancy — Whether tenancy of council house “property” — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 24 (1) (a)