Hearings
10 Oct 1972 [1973] Fam 120; [1973] 2 WLR 7; [1973] 1 All ER 38, DC
Brannan v Brannan
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Justices — Maintenance — Wilful neglect to maintain — Husband suffering from delusion that wife intending to kill him — Delusion defence to charge of desertion — Husband knowing of wife's need of maintenance — Whether husband's neglect to maintain wilful — Matrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates' Courts) Act 1960, s 1 (1) (h)