“A judge today criticised a wealthy landowner for not revealing where he had hidden the body of his estranged wife after he murdered her.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A multimillionaire faces Britain’s biggest divorce payout. Is Lisa Tchenguiz right to demand £100m of her husband’s wealth?”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An expert panel will examine reform of the current family justice system in England and Wales so that it better supports children and parents under a wide-ranging review announced by the Ministry of Justice today.”
Ministry of Justice, 20th January 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“A legal obstacle is to be abolished to make it easier for hundreds of thousands of grandparents to gain access to their grandchildren when contact is denied after divorce and family breakdowns, the government will announce today.”
The Guardian, 20th January 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Britain’s medieval fault-based divorce system must be reformed so that couples are free to end their marriage without having to blame each other for the break-up, an overwhelming majority of lawyers have told the Government.”
The Independent, 7th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The number of divorce and separation cases being fought in the courts that involve children has risen, with £151m of legal aid money being spent on litigation, according to figures released today.”
The Times, 9th November 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Collaborative law has proved a huge success for divorcing couples and could soon be extended into the commercial arena, one of the UK’s most senior judges said last week.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 15th October 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A former investment banker has succeeded in winning a bigger divorce settlement after appealing against a ruling in which his wife was awarded 65 per cent of their joint assets.”
The Times, 19th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Should divorcing couples be compelled to consider mediation before they can go to court?”
The Times, 15th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The divorce laws are unfair to men and multimillion-pound awards are degrading to women, an expert in family law believes.”
The Times, 14th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Divorcing and separating couples would be compelled to consider mediation before going to court, under plans being drawn up by ministers.”
The Times, 14th September 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Divorcing and separating couples could be compelled to consider mediation before going to court under plans being examined by the Ministry of Justice.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd September 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The multimillionaire businessman Vivian Imerman won a court order yesterday preventing his estranged wife’s brothers – property tycoons Robert and Vincent Tchenguiz – from using confidential information about his financial assets.”
The Independent, 1st August 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Opponents of Sharia have long complained that it involves an inherent bias against women and treats them as second-rate citizens.”
The Times, 21st July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino
Court of Appeal
“Judges exercising the wide discretion they have in achieving fairness between the parties in matrimonial ancillary relief proceedings were able to take into account the terms of any prenuptial agreement.”
The Times, 13th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649; [2009] WLR (D) 227
“A judge should give due weight to the marital property regime into which a couple entered so as to legitimately exercise the very wide discretion conferred on judges to achieve fairness between the parties to ancillary relief proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Pre-nuptial contracts have won the clear backing of the English courts after years of suspicion and even hostility.”
The Times, 3rd July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A tycoon who was worth hundreds of millions of pounds but claims to have lost it all has been ordered to explain where it has gone or go to prison.”
The Independent, 30th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A divorced wife who tried to claim for more money from her former husband after his shares quadrupled in value was blocked by senior judges today.”
The Times, 25th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Earl Spencer and his former wife Caroline have opted to settle their bitterly contested divorce out of court to avoid details of their lives being revealed in the press.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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