According to figures from the Ministry of Justice there were 92,361 divorces finalised in 2018. This is a reduction from 103,366 last year. According to data published by the Office of National Statistics, this figure is the lowest in almost 50 years. In 2017, the median age of men at the time of their divorce
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire is preparing for the next step in a three-year legal battle in her bid to receive nearly £450million that she is owed by her ex-husband. Tatiana Akhmedova was awarded a 41.5% share of businessman Farkhad Akhmedov’s £1billion-plus fortune by a British divorce court judge in 2016. However, Mr Justice
According to the Law Gazette, judges are concerned that HM Courts & Tribunals Service has allocated little time to ensure digitised forms in family law are correctly translated into Welsh. At an open meeting of the Family Procedure Rule Committee at London’s Royal Courts of Justice, His Honour Judge Harold Godwin discussed the issue. HHJ
The prime minister of the UAE did not attend the second High Court hearing into the welfare of two of his children. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, 70, who is embroiled in an acrimonious court battle with his estranged wife Princess Haya bint al Hussein, did not attend a preliminary hearing in July too. The Dubai
Judges have been warned by the Court of Appeal not to adjourn final decisions in family cases simply to ‘press the pause button’. As reported by The Law Gazette, Lord Justice Peter Jackson said adjourning a decision ‘is a positive choice that requires proper weighing-up of the advantages and disadvantages and a lively awareness that
A Jewish man claims he is being discriminated against because of his religious beliefs in a ‘very acrimonious’ divorce from his estranged wife. Alan Moher, 54, was ordered to hand over a £1.6million lump sum to wife Caroline, 46, by the Family Court as well as £1,850 per month in maintenance payments until he grants
A judge has ruled that an eight-year-old boy should leave his mother and live with his father. Judge Lloyd North was told the boy was being influenced by his mother’s “hateful feelings” towards his father and said the boy would be exposed to “significant emotional harm” if he remained with his mother. A psychologist said
An Italian fashion tycoon and his wife are in the midst of a legal battle in an attempt to settle their multi-million pound divorce in Britain. Ilaria Giusti, 53, is asking the UK courts to rule on her divorce from shoe designer Ferruccio Ferragamo, despite moving here five years after splitting from her husband. However,
The estranged wife of a German businessman has told a divorce court judge how she cannot find a “very good hairdresser” in England even though she moved to London nearly two years ago. Clarissa Pierburg said she feels compelled to visit a hairdresser in Dusseldorf, Germany. The problem was revealed to Mr Justice Moor after
A UK divorce court judge has ended the marriage of Prince Louis of Luxembourg and Princess Tessy. Mr Justice MacDonald pronounced a decree absolute at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London. A ruling on the division of money and property was published by Mr Justice MacDonald four months ago