Biggs v Biggs and Wheatley The husband and the wife married in 1959. In January 1972, the husband was convicted of assault on a
third party and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. In January 1973 the wife petitioned for divorce
under s 1(2)(a)a of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, alleging that the husband had committed adultery.
A decree nisi was pronounced in October 1973.