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HOW WOMEN’S RIGHTS HAVE DEVELOPED IN LAWCASE COMMENTARY BARCLAYS BANK V O’BRIEN (1994)
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HOW WOMEN'S RIGHTS HAVE DEVELOPED IN LAW CASE COMMENTARY BARCLAYS BANK V O'BRIEN (1994) Traditionally, society has regarded women as the inferior of the two sexes. It was believed that women should be 'kept' by their husbands, who being the chief bread maker should look after his wife and their finances. Up until recently women were not afforded special rights in equity that are available to them today. The case of Barclays Bank and O'Brien 1994 has been significant in establishing rights for wives who have been unduly influenced by their husbands into risking their property for the debts of their husbands. Lord Browne-Wilkinson's judgement has been subject to much criticism regarding the extent to which wives and near-wives should be protected by the law from their husbands influence. Two schools of thought have emerged from the case; one follows that, no special protection should be afforded to marry women, the second, called...
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