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 Julie Arnold is challenging ‘out of date’ legislation that saw her adulterous husband given half of their £5.45million fortune, despite being married to him for less than four years.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
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 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 lawyer who complained he had been ordered to give more than half his disposable income to his estranged wife has lost the most recent round of a divorce court fight. The man said an order made by Judge Mark Everall at a hearing in the Central Family Court in London left his estranged wife
A former managing partner of a law firm in Bradford, who is serving a prison sentence for fraud, has admitted his role in the issuing of false divorce certificates. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found that Mohammed Ayub, 56, had failed to supervise a work experience student who provided three couples with falsified decree absolutes while
A woman is demanding a share of her ex-husbands earnings on top of a £10m divorce payout, the court of appeal has heard. The marriage of Kim Waggott, 49, with William Waggott, 54, ended after his ‘multiple affairs.’ The couple married in 2000 and have a teenage daughter. Ms Waggott is arguing that she is
A property tycoon who claimed his estranged wife was not entitled to a share of his fortune because their marriage certificate was fake has settled a High Court dispute. Asif Aziz said last month that he and his estranged wife Tagilde Aziz were both born abroad and obtained a “fake” marriage certificate so a child they