The Court of Appeal has issued a judgment that will come as a shock to divorcing spouses who anticipate that their ex-spouse will be required to pay them maintenance for life. The case was brought after the ex-husband applied to…
Big money divorce cases get into the news for a whole variety of reasons, but an allegation of sex discrimination is seldom one of them. However, this was one of the issues raised in a divorce case involving a high-flying…
Separated couples should fix their eyes firmly on the future when signing divorce agreements, as was demonstrated in a recent case in which a former soldier, whose ex-wife had 'spent her share' after their split, fought off her bid for…
A family judge has hailed the miraculous benefits of sitting down to a 'nice cup of tea' after this played a central role in healing a bitter ten-year rift between parents of twin boys and enabled them to agree a…
When a barrister who was acting for a woman in proceedings connected with her divorce realised that he had earlier acted for her husband in connection with his divorce from a previous wife, he promptly informed both sets of solicitors…
The English courts are a popular place to bring divorce proceedings because the financial settlements they order are usually much more equal than those made under other jurisdictions. This has led to accusations that ‘divorce tourism’ is the result. However,…
In a ruling that underlines that the wishes and feelings of children can be decisive in even the most intractable family cases, a father has won a seven-year battle to have more contact with his daughter. The ‘doggedly persistent’ father…
When a separated couple appeared before the family court, having already spent more than 20 per cent of their combined wealth of £4 million on legal costs, the judge felt it necessary to warn them of the danger of dissipating…
As Lysander observes in Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘The course of true love never did run smooth’ – so in any relationship it pays to be careful what you sign. Recently, a mother of five children who executed a…
When a woman’s ex-husband was made bankrupt, the mortgage lender on their home sought repossession of the property. The property had been purchased in her ex-husband’s sole name in 1978. When the couple divorced in 2004, she continued to live…