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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