Viscount Simon considered the variety of options available to a court faced with an allegation of adultery: ‘I would add a fifth (consideration) of a more general character, which must, indeed, be regarded as of primary importance, namely, the interest of the community at large, to be judged by maintaining a true balance between respect for the binding sanctity of marriage and the social considerations which make it contrary to public policy to insist on the maintenance of a union which has utterly broken down.’
Judges:
Viscount Simon LC
Citations:
[1943] AC 517
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – J v S T (Formerly J) CA 21-Nov-1996
The parties had married, but the male partner was a transsexual, having been born female and having undergone treatment for Gender Identity Dysphoria. After IVF treatment, the couple had a child. As the marriage broke down the truth was revealed in . .
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Family
Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.235298