Read the full judgment text of FCMC 007831/2008 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 31 July 2009 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Divorce – Unreasonable Behaviour – Blame for breakdown – Decree Nisi – Costs – Livingstone-Stallard test – Husband's sexually explicit emails – Adultery allegations – Wife's cross allegations unproven – Decree nisi granted to wife – Costs follow event – Parties represented themselves – One child involved – Husband withdrew consent to consensual divorce – Court found husband's conduct unreasonable due to emails and likely infidelity – Wife's allegations of neglect and abuse not fully proven but husband's conduct sufficient – Husband ordered to pay wife's costs on party and party basis
Legal issues: Husband's unreasonable behaviour · Wife's unreasonable behaviour
Outcome: Decree nisi of divorce granted based on husband's unreasonable behaviour.
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