“A divorcing wife who made legal history when the law lords awarded her a £250,000-a-year payout from her husband has won a 40 per cent increase in her maintenance payments.”
The Times, 19th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A national commission should be created to tackle Britain’s ‘epidemic’ of family breakdown, a senior judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 17th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A woman has won £220,000 in a ground-breaking divorce settlement — 22 years after separating from her husband.”
The Times, 13th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A High Court judge in London has ruled that a ‘wedding’ in South Africa – complete with priest, trousseau and reception – was not a legal marriage.”
BBC News, 5th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“An art historian and author today failed to win a £500,000 divorce settlement from his wealthy former wife whose grandchildren he sexually abused.”
The Independent, 4th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“An elderly woman left almost penniless in a divorce dispute is to go to the highest court in a challenge that will test London’s reputation as ‘divorce capital of the world’.”
The Times, 28th May 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Poetic warning to separated parents that constant fighting hurts their children.”
The Guardian, 30th April 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two family lawyers assess the impact of new rules allowing the media the right to attend all divorce court hearings.”
The Times, 23rd April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Top family lawyers have welcomed a high-profile Court of Appeal ruling that could have resulted in streams of wealthy City divorcees attempting to renegotiate their settlements.”
Legal Week, 9th April 2009
Source: www.legalweek.com
“A recession-hit City tycoon has failed to win a cut in the £9.5m divorce settlement with his former wife.”
BBC News, 1st April 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A City tycoon hit by the credit crunch will learn on Wednesday whether judges have cut his £9.5 million divorce settlement with his former wife.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st April 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Never mind credit crunch divorce, with husbands rushing to court to renegotiate their divorce settlements. It might be wiser to plump for the right jurisdiction for a split in the first place, because there can be a huge disparity in awards, even between the North and South of the Border.”
The Times, 19th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Raymond Tooth is a divorce lawyer known as ‘Jaws’: he has some advice for both sexes in the current economic climate.”
The Times, 15th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A City fund manager hit by the credit crunch went to the Court of Appeal yesterday in an attempt to renegotiate £9.5 million of his divorce settlement.”
The Times, 12th March 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Divorced bankers who have had their bonuses cut are trying to wriggle out of millions of pounds worth of maintenance payments they promised to pay their children and former wives. Dozens of ex-husbands in the City are going back to court to ask judges to reduce divorce settlements that were agreed in much rosier economic times.”
The Independent, 26th February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The courts are expected to rule soon in a series of test cases brought by once-wealthy City workers who want to renegotiate their hefty divorce settlements now that they are deprived of their large bonuses.”
The Times, 12th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“City bankers hit hard by the credit crunch are desperately attempting to renegotiate costly divorce settlements they can no longer afford, according to top law firms.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Rich men are rushing to get divorced as the worsening economic situation forces them to reassess their married lives, leading divorce lawyers and marriage therapists say.”
The Independent, 2nd February 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Akinnoye Agbaje v Akinnoye Agbaje [2009] EWCA Civ 1; [2009] WLR (D) 11
“A careful approach was required where a court was determining whether to exercise its jurisdiction under Pt III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 to grant an applicant leave to apply for financial relief in this jurisdiction following a divorce in an overseas country.”
WLR Daily, 21st January 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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