In Which of the Following Cases Did the Court Decide

question 32

Multiple Choice

In which of the following cases did the court decide that a husband's promise to his wife to pay her maintenance while they were forced to live apart was not contractually binding?

• A) Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571.
• B) Wakeling v Ripley (1951) SR(NSW) 183.
• C) Simpkins v Pays [1955] 1 WLR 975.
• D) Shortall v White [2007] NSWCA 272.

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