Skip to document content Skip to main menu Skip to search

Principal Registry - 1986 April

3 judgments
Advanced search
Skip past Court registries
Skip past years
Skip past months
Filters
Skip to results
3 judgments
April 1986
Kapito v Kapito & Another (Civil Cause 73 of 1985) [1986] MWHC 7 (25 April 1986)
Decree nisi granted for divorce on adultery proved in an undefended petition; ancillary matters adjourned.
  • Divorce — adultery — proof in undefended petition — onus remains on petitioner — inference of adultery from totality of evidence — decree nisi granted — ancillary issues (custody, maintenance, costs) adjourned to chambers.
25 April 1986
Nyirenda v Nyirenda & Another (Civil Cause 379 of 1985) [1986] MWHC 18 (24 April 1986)
Adultery proved by circumstantial evidence; decree nisi granted, respondent ordered to pay costs; custody and maintenance adjourned.
  • Family law — Divorce — Adultery — Proof by circumstantial evidence — Standard of proof higher than ordinary civil standard — Risk of collusion in undefended petitions — Decree nisi and costs — Custody and maintenance adjourned.
24 April 1986
Cheseborough Ponds International Limited v Nurse International Limited (Civil Cause 43 of 1985) [1986] MWHC 4 (1 April 1986)
The defendant liable where hired crane, slings and operator were unfit and negligent, causing damage to the plaintiff's machine.
  • :[
1 April 1986