By Vanessa Lloyd Platt - Divorce Lawyer Like others within the legal profession I was very sad to have read the tragic story of Catherine Bailey, a partner at a leading City law firm who committed suicide this week. Having practiced as a divorce lawyer for 30 years I have seen many changes within the legal profession, with increasing pressure p...
Keep readingBy Vanessa Lloyd Platt - Divorce Lawyer This week the Conservatives announced that they would insist in the future upon a cooling off period for couples thinking about divorce. I am of the view that most couples will not welcome a three month delay but see it as one other issue in a long line of frustrations facing them in their daily lives. ...
Keep readingBy Vanessa Lloyd Platt - Divorce Lawyer Last week in a ground breaking case in the Court of Appeal three Judges decided that a pre-nuptial contract entered into by a wealthy heiress before the marriage in Germany should be recognised as binding in divorce proceedings in England. In future the Courts will give “due weight” to such pre-nuptial a...
Keep readingPre-nuptial agreements were given significant recognition in English law for the first time yesterday after a wealthy German heiress won a landmark legal battle with her former husband. Three Appeal Court judges ruled that the assets ofKatrin Radmacher- a paper industry heiress said to be worth 100 million - should be protected from her Frenc...
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