Why handling your own divorce is a bad idea – The Times
“It looks bad, and it probably won’t save money. A District Judge on the disadvantages of representing yourself in court.”
The Times, 14th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Category: divorce
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills ordered to stay silent – The Times
“Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are under a strict order from Mr Justice Bennett, the High Court judge for their divorce settlement hearing, that they risk contempt of court proceedings and fines if details of the negotiations are leaked to the media.”
The Times, 13th February 2008
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‘Career divorcee’ fails to win any share of fourth husband’s £45m – The Times
“Husbands one, two and three have already netted her £18 million but Susan Crossley’s efforts to secure a slice of her fourth husband’s £45 million fortune hit the buffers last night.”
The Times, 13th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
RCJ support unit offers assistance to Mills – The Lawyer
“The Royal Court of Justice’s Personal Support Unit (PSU) today (11 February) said that Heather Mills should have sought its assistance in relation to her divorce from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney.”
The Lawyer, 11th February 2008
Source: www.thelawyer.com
The art of self-defence – The Guardian
“A lawyer who acts for himself has a fool for a client, according to the old saw. If you have no legal qualifications whatsoever, logic suggests that representing yourself in court is even more foolhardy – especially when tens of millions of pounds are at stake. Yet that is what Heather Mills will do today when she steps into the ring at the Royal Courts of Justice in London to confront Paul McCartney’s high-priced, expert legal team. Having parted company with her legal advisers, who hold her IOU for at least £1.5m in costs, she is resolved to fight her own corner from now on in the battle for a share of the ex-Beatle’s fortune.”
The Guardian, 11th February 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Heather Mills set to question Sir Paul McCartney in court – The Times
“Heather Mills will be able to cross-examine Sir Paul McCartney personally over his multimillion-pound earnings when the estranged couple go to court today to hammer out a final divorce settlement.”
The Times, 11th February 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
McCartney case could alter legal landscape – Financial Times
“After 18 months of legal wrangling, tabloid leaks and increasingly rancorous mudslinging, Sir Paul McCartney’s divorce from Heather Mills seems set for a final court hearing next week.”
Financial Times, 8th February 2008
Source: www.ft.com
Marchant v Dixon [2008] – WLR Daily
Marchant v Dixon [2008] EWCA Civ 11; [2008] WLR (D) 7
“Re-marriage shortly after the making of a consent order which had provided for payment of a lump sum to capitalise a wife’s periodical payments did not constitute a ‘Barder event’ invalidating the order.”
WLR Daily, 25th January 2008Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Happy new year! Let’s get divorced – The Guardian
“The strain of Christmas will register at hundreds of solicitors’ offices today as divorce and separation requests hit their annual peak. Affairs, abuse and simple boredom could see as many as 1.8 million couples contemplate splitting after a fortnight spent largely without the distractions of work.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Wife’s shoes destroyed by husband as revenge – Daily Telegraph
“A businessman took revenge on his wife for divorcing him by destroying one shoe of every pair she owned before suggesting that he had given them to Lady McCartney, a court heard yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th January 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Crossley v Crossley – Times Law Reports
Court of Appeal
“A judge had a discretionary power in ancillary relief proceedings to require a party to show good cause why a prenuptial agreement should not govern the division of assets on the dissolution of the marriage.”
The Times, 3rd January 2008
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Divorcee gets day in court to claim share of £45m fortune – The Guardian
“She has married four different millionaires and was described by her last husband as a ‘career divorcee’. Yesterday Susan Crossley appealed for more time to put her case for the right to a share of her last husband’s £45m declared fortune.”
The Guardian, 20th December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hill and Another v Haines – Times Law Reports
“An order made in matrimonial ancillary relief proceedings to convey property was not a transaction made without consideration, whether following a contested hearing or a compromise agreement.”
The Times, 12th December 2007
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Hill and another v Haines – WLR Daily
Hill and another v Haines [2007] EWCA Civ 1284
“A property adjustment order made in ancillary relief proceedings, whether following a contested hearing or a compromise agreement, was made for consideration and was not therefore a transaction at an undervalue under section 339 of the Insolvency Act 1986. Parliament could not have intended that an order transferring the former matrimonial home from one spouse to the other should be capable of automatic nullification at the suit of the trustee in bankruptcy of a spouse against whom a bankruptcy order had subsequently made on his or her own petition.”
WLR Daily, 6th December 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Divorcee entitled to clean break from bankrupt husband, court rules – The Times
“Court of Appeal rules that Wendy Haines does not have to give up her share of the matrimonial home proceeds to pay off ex-husband’s creditors.”
The Times, 5th December 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Sundelind Lopez v Lopez Lizazo – WLR Daily
Sundelind Lopez v Lopez Lizazo (Case C-68/07)
“Arts 6 and 7 of Regulation No 2201/2003 meant that where, in divorce proceedings, a respondent was not habitually resident in and not a national of a member state, the courts of a member state could not base their jurisdiction to hear the petition on their national law, if the courts of another member state had jurisdiction under art 3 of the Regulation.
The Third Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Communities so ruled on a reference for a preliminary ruling by the Högsta domstolen, Sweden.”
WLR Daily, 4th December 2007
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Children of multimillionaire given legal aid in divorce battle – The Guardian
“Two children of a multimillionaire jeweller have been given legal aid of £30,750 to protect their interests under a family trust amid a divorce war between their parents.”
The Guardian, 3rd December 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Soulsbury v Soulsbury – Times Law Reports
Agreement has legal force
Court of Appeal
“An agreement between spouses to compromise an ancillary relief claim need not be approved by the court to have legal force.”
The Times, 14th November 2007
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Divorcee who made a clean break could lose settlement after ex-husband goes bankrupt – The Times
“A woman who faces being stripped of her divorce settlement to pay for her former husband’s debts was at the centre of a test case yesterday with far-reaching implications for ‘clean break’ divorces.”
The Times, 14th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Woman’s £48m divorce payout “should have been more” – The Times
“A woman who recently won a divorce award of £48 million should have been entitled to as much as £65 million, according to a leading family QC.”
The Times, 5th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
