Lucia Clark on Scottish Family Law: Boris Johnson, Alex Salmond and shopping for divorce

I read recently that it is reported that Boris Johnson in an address to CBI stated "I have no shame in saying to the injured spouses of the world's billionaires if you want to take him to the cleaners... take him to the cleaners in London" ( I should perhaps add it's a bit unclear whether he actually said this...).

But it does raise an interesting point. Do rich divorcing wives fare better in court in London rather than elsewhere in the world?  

There is certainly some truth in this due to the particular developments of English law over the last couple of decades. The latest Law Commission Consultation Paper makes quite a few of these points: many decisions under English law are decided on the basis of the applicant's "needs" a concept which has been interpreted by the court in an wide discretionary and (in comparison to other jurisdictions) generous way. The guiding principle...

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