According to a new report, the average cost of a marital breakdown is £14,500. Aviva’s Family Finances report found that the cost of divorce has increased 17% since 2014 when divorces in the UK cost, on average, £12,432. Aviva added that increases to legal bills were partly behind the rising divorce costs seen in recent
A woman has called for divorce laws to be modernised after her ex-husband was awarded a £2million settlement. Julie Arnold is challenging ‘out of date’ legislation that saw her adulterous husband given half of their £5.45million fortune, despite being married to him for less than four years. She is calling for divorce laws to be adapted
According to research by divorce support service Amicable, over 40,500 people will search “divorce” online in January. The figures further reveal that the cost of divorce to the taxpayer is rising and currently costs each adult £1,820. A distinct increase in online searches for divorce can also be seen in data provided by Google Trends, which shows
The sale of a Grade I listed mansion formerly owned by Lord Kitchener has been advised on by the corporate team at Pannone Corporate. Broome Park Mansion House was on the market for £6m and has been sold by Diamond Resorts Group to an associate of Pyrrho Investments Ltd part of the Hong Kong based
Louise Redknapp has divorced former footballer husband Jamie in a hearing which lasted 25 seconds by a judge who said she could not “reasonably be expected” to live with him. Judge Ian Mulkis granted a divorce decree at a hearing in the Central Family Court in London following a 19 year marriage. Neither Mr Redknapp nor
A retired window cleaner who inherited £280,000 from a customer has been jailed for 12 months after he failed to return the money. Albert Pearce, 83, looked after Julie Spalding in her final years and was the sole beneficiary of her will when she died aged 98 in 2008. However, Ms Spalding’s nephew contested the
A solicitor whose firm ran a series of immigration claims for judicial review with no prospect of success has been struck off. According to the Law Gazette, Azfar Naseem Bajwa, principal of east London firm A Bajwa & Co, misled clients into thinking they had a prospect of success in cases which he knew could
A benefit cheat falsely claimed over £55,000 whilst simultaneously receiving money from her husband every month. Newport Crown Court heard Sharon Calder, 57, had falsely claimed £55,444.43 in benefits including income support, housing benefit, and council tax benefit from around 2009. Calder had also received around £68,000 in inheritance. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
A new plan has been introduced where judges in specialist family courts will focus on separating couples’ rows over money. The new “Financial Remedies Courts” will be trialled in London, the West Midlands and South Wales next year. In the new courts, judges will make decisions on only the “financial aspect” of divorce proceedings. Judicial
A businessman has been given a one-year jail term after judges concluded he had forged his mother’s will and was in contempt of court. Girish Patel, who is in 60s, had been embroiled in litigation with brother Yashwant, who is in his 70s, over control of a multi-million family business empire. He had claimed he