JUDICIAL SEPARATIONS
LONDON, March 1
Giving evidence before the Divorce Commission, Sir John C. Bigham, president of the Divorce Division, strongly opposed legal separations, and aroused considerable criticism by stating that a man's misconduct was oT less significance than a woman's.
Mr Justice Bargrave Deane declared that separation orders are a living death, and wrong altogether. They lead, he said, to immorality. Mr Justice Bargrave Deane and Sir George Lewis favoured absolute equality of the sexes in divorce matters.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2921, 9 March 1910, Page 23
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