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Lecturer, who had affair with student, and school bore no legal duty in adultery case: Court
It explains why suit by husband, whose wife had affair with teacher, was dismissed
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A lecturer who had an affair with a married woman may have had a moral duty against committing adultery, but this did not translate into a legal duty of care towards the woman's husband, the High Court ruled.
The court had earlier this month struck out a suit by the distressed husband, who sought to hold the lecturer and his school liable for the affair.
