P v P - [1957] NZLR 854

Divorce and Matrimonial Causes — Maintenance — Payments under Separation Order — Petitioner informed erroneously by Respondent's Committee that Order for Maintenance in Decree Absolute cancelled Previous Separation Agreement — Respondent's Committee subsequently obtaining Judgment for Arrears under Maintenance Order from Date of Decree Absolute — Respondent estopped from Enforcement of Rights which Petitioner had been led to believe would not be enforced.

Estoppel — Equitable Estoppel — Party seeking to enforce Strict Rights — Duty of Court to decide whether Inequitable to allow Him to enforce Rights which He has induced Other Party to believe would not be enforced

Husband and Wife — Maintenance Agreement — Express Covenant that Maintenance payable so long as Wife leads Chaste Life — Condition Subsequent — Onus of Proof of Event discharging Husband from Future Payments on Husband.