Grenfell v Grenfell

Subject Matter

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Cross-petition — Admission — Husband denying issues raised in wife's petition — Uncontroverted fact of five years' separation entitling husband to decree — Whether court to refuse to determine issues raised in petition — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 1 (3)

[1978] Fam 128; [1977] 3 WLR 738; [1978] 1 All ER 561, CA

HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Hardship — “Grave … other hardship” — Wife's petition on grounds of husband's behaviour — Husband's cross-petition based on five years' separation — Wife's reply opposing grant of decree to husband on grounds of hardship — Whether plea available to petitioner — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 5 (1) (2)

[1978] Fam 128; [1977] 3 WLR 738; [1978] 1 All ER 561, CA