Penny Booth on Imerman

Sharing fairly 

Surprising as it seems when marital parties decide to split and get a divorce they don't always tell the truth. Amazing. The decision in Imerman last week has somewhat shaken family law in the country. Now the one means of providing information that raises any doubts or provides the means to get an order in court to discover the truth about that full and frank disclosure of financial means is not open to the party. The person using what may appear to be underhand methods of finding information is often desperately seeking correct information where there are suspicions about the financial position. Don't we all realise that at the end of a marriage not everyone wants to share fairly?

Whilst it may appear ‘sneaky' to go through the matrimonial household files (whether they be lodged in the spare bedroom or on the laptop) to gain information on bank accounts holdings and the like it may nonetheless well be less ‘sneaky' than a...

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