How Much Does The Average Divorce Cost?
Why Can Divorce Be So Expensive? It is a sad fact that in England almost half of marriages fail and the husband and wife will divorce. The average length of a marriage which ends in divorce is 12 years. The value of the family law market in England is £2 billion in 2024 according to […]
Family Judge Tells Divorcing Couples to Go to Mediation
In a case (X v Y [2024] EWHC 538 Fam) involving marital assets worth £30 million, the couple had already spent near enough £580,000 on legal costs with an expected further £1/2 million to take the case to trial making an eye-watering total of over £1 million pounds on legal fees. The judge, Mrs Justice […]
Reducing the Cost of Divorce: The Need for Transparency and Effective Settlement Offers
I have been upsetting some of my divorce lawyer competitors this week (15/02/2024) by giving an interview to Legal Futures (click on the link below). I criticised the divorce law profession generally for being much too expensive with a lack of transparency when it comes to their charging rates. I should know since I […]
Can Conduct of a Party in a Divorce Affect The Financial Settlement
It is often said that fault no longer plays a part in divorce. That is correct so far as getting divorce is concerned. Since April 2022, a party to a marriage can apply for a divorce without blaming the other party for the breakdown of the marriage. Where fault lies as to the marriage problems […]
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