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Divorce Archive - Page 17

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Woman appeals refused divorce petition
Tini Owens (65), has gone to the Court of Appeal after being been refused permission to divorce Hugh Owens (78), her husband of 39 years. Judge Robin Tolson QC found that there were insufficient grounds for divorce and refused her application. He dismissed her allegations as “exaggerated”, “at best flimsy”,... READ MORE

Baroness Deech: current law on spousal maintenance "an impediment to equality"
Last month, a private member's bill tabled by Baroness Ruth Deech passed its second reading in the House of Lords. The Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill would amend the Matrimonial Causes Act, introducing an equal split of matrimonial assets as a "starting point" and placing a cap on maintenance claims. Under the Bill, spouses would only be... READ MORE

An Uber disaster: man sues for €45m, blaming app glitch for his divorce
A French businessman is suing taxi app Uber, on the ground that a software bug led to the breakdown of his marriage. According to French newspaper Le Figaro, the unnamed man was prompted to take such drastic action after his activity on the app allegedly aroused his wife's suspicions that he was being unfaithful. The man claims that,... READ MORE

Should spousal maintenance have a time limit? Ex-husband calls for reform
Update: on 10 August 2017, Mr Mills was granted permission to bring an appeal to the Supreme Court. A husband has called for the law to be changed after being ordered to increase maintenance payments to his ex-wife, 15 years after finalising their divorce. The Court of Appeal heard that the ex-wife had spent all of the lump sum awarded to her in... READ MORE

Bezeliansky v Bezelianskaya: The difficulty of enforcing financial provision orders
In the recent case of  Bezeliansky v Bezelianskaya, a wealthy Russian husband unsuccessfully applied for permission to appeal concerning a variation of a consent order and three committal orders. The husband and wife married on 14th April 2000 and moved to England in 2004 before having a daughter in 2006. The divorce petition was issued... READ MORE

Incentivising marriage: a taxing affair
A loophole in Chinese property law in 2013 led to hundreds of urban, married couples divorcing to evade property tax. After China’s State Council announced in February that after it would introduce a 20 per cent capital gains tax on profits from second-hand house sales, couples with two properties jumped to file for divorce, put a house in each... READ MORE

£11m divorce battle brings jurisdictional stumbling blocks and unfair prenups to the fore
On 22 December 2016, sitting in the Royal Courts of Justice, the Honourable Mr Justice Francis handed down judgment in DB v PB , a multimillion pound divorce case between two Swedish nationals. The judgment grapples with the intricacies of EU law and serves as a stark reminder that prenuptial agreements are binding, and as such should not be... READ MORE

Cambridge University law lecturer wins battle over maintenance
When two legal experts divorce, a powerful battle can unfold. One such expert, law lecturer Dr Kathleen Liddell, recently won her war over maintenance, which she had successfully fought to retain. Mrs Liddell, a 40 year-old senior Cambridge University law lecturer, will continue to receive maintenance despite an increase in income to... READ MORE

Parliament debate divorce finance reform bill
Today the Divorce (Financial Provision) Bill is having its second reading in the House of Lords. The Bill is a private members bill introduced by Baroness Deech. The Bill had its first reading on 26 May 2016 and proposes to replace section 25(2) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 with “provisions about the principles to be applied in determining... READ MORE

But who gets the pets? A look at the changing laws surrounding pet custody in divorce
It was only a few weeks ago that Johnny Depp and Amber Heard culminated their bitter and public divorce. It was two weeks into the New Year that Depp and Heard finalised the separation of capital assets and a life together. Attention was drawn to one particular asset, or rather two important family members, the family dogs Pistol and Boo. With a... READ MORE
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