Three Court of Appeal judges in London are analysing the latest stage of an Anglo-Scottish legal battle between an aristocrat and his estranged wife. Charles Villiers and Emma Villiers, both in their 50s, are embroiled in a dispute about whether their arguments over money should be staged in an English or Scottish divorce court. Appeal
A businessman has pleaded guilty after he went through a bigamous third “marriage.” Magistrates heard Haroon Lorgat had an Islamic ceremony in Morocco. He went on to have a civil marriage in the UK while he was still married to his second wife. Lorgat used the divorce papers from his first marriage to convince the
An 83-year-old millionaire property developer has been given a 14 month jail sentence after he was found to be in “persistent” contempt of court. John Hart failed to comply with court orders following his £9.3m divorce. He was ordered to hand over £3.5m of his £9.3m fortune to his former wife Karen in a divorce
A court heard that a man forged his ill wife’s signature on legal documents and applied for a divorce without her knowledge, The victim discovered his actions when she visited the marital home to collect person items and found the divorce petition. Swansea Magistrates Court heard Nicky Mark Jones, 44, had been married for 18
An estranged couple been told that they must wait another eight months before their battle over money can be fully aired before a divorce court judge. Barbara Cooke and Michael Parker, directors of BC Softwear a firm which supplies towels and bathrobes to top hotels have been told that their hearing will now take place
A landlord who illegally evicted a tenant and forced her to sleep on the streets has avoided a jail term. Naveed Hussain, 36, was accused of forcing Saba Habte out of a flat above a takeaway she was renting with no warning. Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard Ms Habte was told to leave the flat on December
A Russian housewife who was awarded £453m by a London divorce court judge after her marriage ended has won the latest round of a legal battle. Tatiana Akhmedova was given a 41.5% share of Farkhad Akhmedov’s fortune by Mr Justice Haddon-Cave following a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court. This award
A woman has been awarded over £1 million in damages following a High Court case about the inheritance of a family farm. Lucy Habberfield, from Somerset, received the sum in recognition of the work that she had carried out at the family farm over a period of 30 years. Ms Habberfield said she worked for
A solicitor who hid thousands of pounds worth of assets during the course of divorce proceedings has been struck off the roll. According to the Law Gazette, Mamoon Rashid Chaudhary, formerly a member of South Yorkshire firm Oxley & Coward Solicitors LLP, admitted signing a statement of truth which failed to declare his interest in a
According to new research from Prudential, divorcees who plan to retire in 2018 can expect their yearly income to drop by £3,800 compared to those who’ve never divorced. The Prudential annual study has run for the last 11 years and tracks the finances, future plans and aspirations of people planning to retire in the year