Following an interview with Michelle Young on the subject of her long running divorce battle, the Daily Mail also spoke with Ayesha Vardag about her experience of representing women in some of the richest divorce battles in the world. She explained the frustration which wives can feel when they are excluded from their husband’s... Read More
Vardags has been shortlisted for the ‘Law Firm of the Year – Exceptional Achievement award’ at the Halsbury Legal Awards. We won the inaugural prize for Law Firm of the Year back in 2013 and are delighted to be returning to the awards this year. Other nominees in this category include Zaiwalla & co, the global firm Reed... Read More
Following the conclusion of the long running case of Young v Young, Catherine Thomas, who represented Mrs Young, explained to Global Legal Post that she sees more cases of that scale on the horizon, as well as talking about the challenge of asset tracing in divorce. She wrote “I have been representing Michelle over the last two months... Read More
Following her success representing Michelle Young in the latter’s long running divorce case, Catherine Thomas wrote about the experience in a guest post for Mumsnet. She explained how diligent forensic work led to building a case against a man who claimed that all his assets had been lost in a failed property deal. “The documents she... Read More
Vardags director Catherine Thomas spoke to Metro News about the January rush to see a divorce lawyer and the importance that prenuptial agreements can have. Talking about the period in which lawyers are reportedly busiest, she said “People look back on the past year and think about what they want from the year ahead – for many, that... Read More
Ayesha Vardag spoke to The Daily Mail following their report on the rise of home made prenups. The paper reported that, following the landmark decision in Radmacher which made the agreements binding in English, people are increasingly making their own prenups ahead of their marriages. Ayesha, who represented Katrin Radmacher in her... Read More
Vardags Chairman Ayesha Vardag was interviewed by the Law Society Gazette in their “My Legal Life” feature. She explained to the journal where her enthusiasm for law came from “My father and my grandfather before him were both politicians and lawyers, but I wanted to be a journalist or an actress and spent my time at Cambridge... Read More
Catherine Thomas wrote for the Huffington Post about the trend that, by the age of sixty, there are twice as many single women as men. Catherine responded sceptically to the statistics, saying “Official statistics that produce these headlines are also are not designed to keep up with the changing face of society today. They catalogue a... Read More
Vardags’ managing director Catherine Thomas wrote for the Global Legal Post about the introduction of the Domestic Violence Disclosure scheme. The scheme, named for Clare Wood, a lady murdered by her boyfriend who had a history of violence, allows people to check with police whether their partner has a history of domestic violence... Read More
Vardags in-house financial expert spoke to the Global Banking and Finance Review about the techniques employed to uncover hidden assets in divorce litigation. He explained to the paper “Many men are becoming increasingly savvy to ways in which they can reduce their spouse’s settlement in a divorce case. There is a constant game of cat... Read More