David Hodson on International Family Law: English family law costs all at sea

The English media have greatly relished this week reporting on a short leave to appeal hearing in a divorce financial case involving two practising lawyers. They were gleeful in their criticism of the couple who had been married for 10 years and separated in 2008 with at that time a property in south-west London worth about £3.2 million and the husband being a partner in a substantial London practice earning almost £500 000 per annum. But only four years later and after considerable litigation the wife received all that was left being only £90 000 with the husband holding onto debts. Astoundingly the legal fees on both sides were about £900 000.

There was a real nautical theme. The first instance judge Judge Clive Million a very experienced and wise practitioner ...

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