Vardags Achieve Victory for Michelle Young ========================================== ![Vardags Achieve Victory for Michelle Young](https://vardags.com/images/pictures/_360/96b317780b4be83e257d082940f4e6cf.jpeg)The divorce case which has consumed legal London for around 7 years finally came to an end, with Vardags securing a victory for the wife. During the course of the lengthy proceedings, businessman Scot Young claimed that he had lost all his money in a property deal turned sour, whilst his wife fought for a multi-million pound settlement. Following representation by Vardags at the final hearing, Michelle Young was awarded a £20million lump-sum as well as one of the largest costs awards ever made in the family courts. Catherine Thomas, the Vardags director who represented Michelle Young, commented "*This case has been amongst the most complex in English divorce law history, in which a number of high profile witnesses were called, including Sir Philip Green and Richard Caring. There were 10,000 pages of court documents, 24 witnesses and assets spanning three continents, which really gives a sense of the scale and magnitude of the case. The verdict sends a strong message to those across the world seeking to hide their true wealth from their spouse - even the most intricate of financial arrangements can be exposed by specialist law firms.*" The result was reported on in [The Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article3928956.ece), [Family Law Week](https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed121265), [Capital Bay](https://www.capitalbay.news/news/425594-scot-and-michelle-young-divorce-judge-rules-billionaire-tycoon-is-worth-only-40million.html), and the [Daily Mail](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2496333/Michelle-Young-My-300million-guide-clawing-penny-lying-cheat-husband-In-Britains-biggest-divorce-case-HE-says-hes-broke-SHES-greedy-cow-But-wife-scents-victory--heres-.html). "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) More Divorce news ----------------- [Divorce: A silver lining](https://vardags.com/posts/divorce-silver-lining "Divorce: A silver lining") [Claws out in £50million split of tiger couple](https://vardags.com/posts/claws-50million-split-tiger-couple "Claws out in 50million split of tiger couple") [Vardags Achieve Victory for Michelle Young](https://vardags.com/posts/vardags-achieve-victory-michelle-young "Vardags Achieve Victory for Michelle Young") [Christmas Divorces: Sprouts, turkey and furtive texting](https://vardags.com/posts/christmas-divorces-sprouts-turkey "Christmas Divorces: Sprouts, turkey and furtive texting") [The most scandalous celebrity divorces in history](https://vardags.com/family-law/celebrity-divorces-history "The most scandalous celebrity divorces in history") Articles by John Oxley ---------------------- [Divorce: A silver lining](https://vardags.com/posts/divorce-silver-lining "Divorce: A silver lining") [Claws out in £50million split of tiger couple](https://vardags.com/posts/claws-50million-split-tiger-couple "Claws out in 50million split of tiger couple") [Vardags Achieve Victory for Michelle Young](https://vardags.com/posts/vardags-achieve-victory-michelle-young "Vardags Achieve Victory for Michelle Young") [Asset tracing: A cat and mouse game](https://vardags.com/posts/asset-tracing-cat-mouse-game "Asset tracing: A cat and mouse game") [Catherine Thomas speaks to Mumsnet](https://vardags.com/posts/catherine-thomas-speaks-mumsnet "Catherine Thomas speaks to Mumsnet")