Ayesha Vardag for the Daily Telegraph - "Divorce law in Britain is outdated - and designed to make couples suffer" ================================================================================================================== Following the comments made by former footballer Gary Lineker about the [complexity of divorce proceedings](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/25/gary-lineker-calls-for-mathematical-equation-to-simplify-costly/), Ayesha Vardag [wrote](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/divorce-law-in-britain-is-outdated---and-designed-to-make-couple/) of how the English legal systems results in acrimonious and expensive proceedings. Ayesha highlighted that the reluctance to embrace "no-fault" divorce shows that "*the system is designed to be difficult. If you want to get a divorce, our legislation is built to make you suffer*". Rather than lawyers, it is the divorce process which "*forces couples to denigrate each other, sometimes completely artificially, to support the profoundly wrong notion that one of them has to be at fault for their parting*". She also commented that in relation to finances, the law is in just as sorry a state. "*Our law is so unpredictable, and so unclear, that it's hard for couples to negotiate an out-of-court settlement, because they don't know what they're really entitled to"* she wrote, calling for clearer rules in the event of marital breakdown. Ayesha highlighted the value of prenuptial agreements, which became legal following Vardags'historic Supreme Court victory in *Radmacher v Granatino*, as well as arbitration, which Vardags pioneered in family law. She went on to urge lawmakers to recognise that marriages can, and will, end in divorce and to "*plan sensibly to minimise the pain and destruction*." Arguing that marriage has, and should, evolve with the social context in which it finds itself she added that "*as a society, we've moved forward culturally and emotionally, to recognise that people part and there's no point trying to force them to stay together, the same can't be said for our institutions."* "Ayesha Vardag - Britain's top divorce lawyer." ![The Huffington Post](https://vardags.com/images/logo/huffpost.png) "Ayesha Vardag - Woman of the Year"![GG2](https://vardags.com/images/logo/gg2-3.png) "Leading, Magic Circle law firm."Mr Justice Coleridge "A handful of firms dominate the so-called 'glamour' end of the market ... Vardags"The Times "One of the best divorce lawyers in the country"Marie Claire "Ayesha Vardag - 'diva of divorce' for the world's super rich" ![BBC](https://vardags.com/images/logo/bbc.png) "Dr Stephen Bence is a financial genius."Lewis Marks KC "Ayesha Vardag - the Queen of divorce"Daily Mail "Vardags brilliantly argued my case to a resounding victory"Pauline Chai (client) "Britain's top divorce lawyer" ![The Telegraph](https://vardags.com/images/logo/telegraph.png) Articles by Maire Connor ------------------------ [Bolivia bars men with history of domestic violence from public office](https://vardags.com/family-law/bolivia-domestic-violence-public-office "Bolivia bars men with history of domestic violence from public office") [The fate of Prince's estate: a cautionary tale about dying intestate](https://vardags.com/family-law/princes-estate-dying-intestate "The fate of Princes estate: a cautionary tale about dying intestate") [Ayesha Vardag for the Daily Telegraph - "Divorce law in Britain is outdated - and designed to make couples suffer"](https://vardags.com/posts/ayesha-vardag-daily-telegraph-divorce-law-britain-outdated-designed-make-couples-suffer "Ayesha Vardag for the Daily Telegraph - 'Divorce law in Britain is outdated - and designed to make couples suffer'") [Art in lieu of inheritance tax: Lucian Freud](https://vardags.com/family-law/art-in-lieu-of-inheritance-tax-lucian-freud "Art in lieu of inheritance tax: Lucian Freud") [Limbo in Lebanon: mother charged with kidnapping own children urged to accept custody deal](https://vardags.com/family-law/mother-kidnapping-children-custody-deal "Limbo in Lebanon: mother charged with kidnapping own children urged to accept custody deal")