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A took his wife B to England for vacations. Due to some business emergency A had to go back to his…

This is an ordinary domestic maintenance arrangement between spouses, with no stated intention to create legal obligations. Under Balfour v Balfour, that promise is not…

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A took his wife B to England for vacations. Due to some business emergency A had to go back to his place of work immediately while leaving B in England owing to her ill health. A promised to pay B 300 Pounds per week as maintenance during her stay in England but failed to pay. If A sued by B then

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This is an ordinary domestic maintenance arrangement between spouses, with no stated intention to create legal obligations. Under Balfour v Balfour, that promise is not enforceable as a contract. Marriage does not itself make every financial promise contractually binding.

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