Family Law

Michelle McDermott, Solicitor, Manches LLP

For a divorce lawyer, working with clients who value their privacy especially highly when their marriage is in trouble, it is hard to get used to the level of media coverage of the McCartney/Mills divorce. Having started with the carefully managed announcement of an amicable split, it ended as one of the most acrimonious and most reported divorce cases in recent years: the two factors must be connected as conflict between the couple has undoubtedly fuelled media interest. Now it has reached the end of the long and winding road from an Irish castle to the door of the court, what are the points of interest for family lawyers?

For the full article, see June [2008] Family Law journal.

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