Toxteth woman died after being left in filth – BBC News
‘A 67-year-old man who left his wife covered in filth, flies and maggots has been jailed for eight years.’
BBC News, 10th October 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: married persons
Banker’s wife who spent £16m in Harrods escapes extradition to Azerbaijan on embezzlement charges – Daily Telegraph
‘A banker’s wife who spent £16million during a series of shopping sprees in Harrods has escaped extradition back to Azerbaijan on fraud charges.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th September 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Pensioner cleared of ‘mercy killing’ murder of terminally-ill husband – The Independent
‘A pensioner has been cleared of the “mercy killing” murder of her terminally ill husband, who died after they both took an overdose last year.’
The Independent, 18th September 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Woman wins right to late partner’s military pension in landmark ruling – BBC News
‘A woman has won the right to her late partner’s military pension in a landmark ruling for unmarried couples.’
BBC News, 17th July 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Minister apologises to couple wrongly accused of sham marriage – The Guardian
‘A Home Office minister has apologised to a couple wrongly accused of entering a sham marriage, amid condemnation by politicians and human rights campaigners over the treatment of genuine couples.’
The Guardian, 15th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Woman who accompanied her husband to Dignitas will inherit his £1.8 million estate, judge rules in test case – Daily Telegraph
‘A woman who accompanied her husband to Dignitas can claim his £1.8 million estate, a High Court judge has ruled in a test case.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Fear led our mother to kill our father. It wasn’t murder’ – The Guardian
‘A mother-of-two who killed her husband in a hammer attack will make legal history later this month when her conviction for murder is reviewed by the Court of Appeal.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Baronesses’ husbands should be made Lords because current rules are sexist, says Fiona Shackleton – Daily Telegraph
‘The peerage system is sexist because husbands of baronesses are still referred to as ‘Mr’, according to one of Britain’s leading divorce lawyers. While the wife of a male peer is known as ‘Lady’, husbands of female peers are not awarded courtesy titles. It is an enduring symbol of inequality, according to Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Builder who passed off wife’s murder as suicide jailed after pub confession – Daily Telegraph
‘Police errors almost allowed a husband to get away with murdering his wife and staging a suicide until he admitted his crime to a woman in a pub.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th November 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man took £2,000 from mother-in-law after lying about cancer for years – The Guardian
‘A man who conned his wife and her family into believing he had terminal cancer took £2,000 from his mother-in-law before his lie was exposed.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
A Human Right to Divorce? – Oxford Human Rights Hub
‘The case of Owens v Owens rocked the legal world in late July, when the Supreme Court decided that Tini Owens could not divorce her husband, despite the court recognising that this could leave her “trapped in an unhappy marriage.” Her husband, Hugh John Owens, had sought to defend against Mrs Owens’ petition for divorce on the grounds that “although never emotionally intense, the marriage had been successful and that he and Mrs Owens had learnt how to “rub along”. In ruling against Mrs Owens, Lord Wilson said the decision “generates uneasy feelings” and suggested that Parliament should consider statutory change. Yet, bearing in mind that statutory change may take some time, is the right to leave an unhappy marriage not also a human right?’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 27th August 2018
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
Abuse victims increasingly denied right to stay in UK – The Guardian
‘The refusal rate for people applying to stay in the UK after suffering domestic violence more than doubled between 2012 and 2016 after the government pledged to make the UK a “hostile environment for illegal immigrants”.’
The Guardian, 16th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Thai bride wins battle to share ‘secret’ relationship with US economist on Facebook – Daily Telegraph
‘A married US economist lost a High Court battle against his Thai bride over a Facebook picture she uploaded that he feared would out his secret relationship with her.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th July 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
No joy for Joy: unlawful eviction, re-letting and damages in the Court of Appeal – Hardwicke Chambers
‘The Court of Appeal has provided some useful (and dare I venture to say, some not so useful) guidance on damages for unlawful eviction.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 11th June 2018
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
Jihadi bride who bought flip flops for her Isil fighter husband is jailed for five years – Daily Telegraph
‘In 2015, his wife started sending him money – first £1,500 then later two payments of £2,000 – telling those whose names would appear on the transactions that Khan was studying or carrying out aid work.’
Daily Telegraph, 6th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Stalking laws prevent you finding out if your partner is cheating, jilted husband claims – Daily Telegraph
‘Stalking laws are being used to prevent people discovering if their partners are cheating on them, a jilted husband has claimed.’
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
