Wife Must Pay for Her Own Mistakes
21st November, 2018The Supreme Court recently decided a case which made clear some of the limits that apply when financial issues were resolved within a consent order at the time of a divorce but where circumstances have changed over time and one spouse seeks to have the arrangements revisited by the courts. It concerned an application by the ex-wife of a businessman to have the financial settlement they agreed when they divorced in 2002 revisited. Under the settlement, the wife received most of the couple's cash assets – some £230,000 – and maintenance...