High Court of Malawi Civil Division - 1973

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Citation	Judgment date
December 1973
Sandalamu v Sandalamu & Another (Civil Cause 337 of 1973) [1973] MWHCCiv 2 (7 December 1973) Decree nisi granted for divorce on proven adultery; collusion and condonation found absent; costs reserved. Family law – Divorce – Adultery as ground for dissolution – Proof of adultery by evidence – Collusion and condonation as potential bars – Jurisdiction by domicile – Decree nisi pronounced; costs adjourned.	7 December 1973
February 1973
Yusuf v Yusuf (Civil Cause 26 of 1973) [1973] MWHCCiv 1 (16 February 1973) Whether alleged cruelty and resultant reactive depression constitute exceptional hardship permitting an early divorce petition. Matrimonial law – early leave to present petition before three years – exceptional hardship standard – interlocutory assessment of affidavits (W v W) – cruelty and desertion – psychiatric evidence; absence of children and no prospect of reconciliation.	16 February 1973