Associate
Would have been cheaper for these guys to hire high class hookers every time they wanted to get laid than marry those two cows. Ah well hindsights a bitch.
Divorce ruling - don't stop...
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From the very article you linked:
Thus not legally binding. In the same way that courts can (and recently did) over-ride somebody's will in favour of an estranged daughter. Seems the courts have power to disregard wills and other contracts/agreements when it comes to family law.
Here's an article from 2014, saying prenups "should be made legally binding" in future:
http://www.theguardian.com/money/20...ements-legally-binding-divorce-law-commission
And even then, the commission says the courts should have power to over-ride the prenup:
So basically the court will decide what is "fair", regardless of any agreement signed.
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you just make sure the agreement is fair, has decent provisions for children... i.e. you make sure to hire reassuringly expensive lawyers because they're much cheaper than a bad divorce
the prenup in the case cited was legally binding in the end... for a cost of a few thousand it would have been well worth considering for the two marriages that are the subject of this thread.
the prenup in the case cited was legally binding in the end... for a cost of a few thousand it would have been well worth considering for the two marriages that are the subject of this thread.
Soldato
Isnt it strange its become legally binding when a woman was the one that was to lose out big time and not a man
Great post. So many men seem to think "sure it's a woman's job to look after the house/kids/me". Then they automatically assume they sit around doing nothing all day. Looking after a child is difficult and stressful work, it is easier to sit in an office doing the daily grind.
Soldato
I would have made her disappear for a lot less than £10m 
The bleating from women about equality has been on the rise of late, with the suffragettes movie bringing even more of them out of the woodwork than usual.
Then this happens are they're all chuffed to bits. Do they not realise the irony here? An archaic law created to favour them in the face of losing their breadwinner, because they could not earn a crust for themselves absolutely demeans any feminist movement in the modern age.
Yes the law works both ways but how often does it go the other way?
Then this happens are they're all chuffed to bits. Do they not realise the irony here? An archaic law created to favour them in the face of losing their breadwinner, because they could not earn a crust for themselves absolutely demeans any feminist movement in the modern age.
Yes the law works both ways but how often does it go the other way?
Soldato
once the kid is 4 they can go to nursery , full time placement = 9am-3pm
then they get loads of time until the kid is 16
let's face it mothers want to be the ones looking after and spending time with their children in the majority of cases.
the man is enabling this but ten in divorce courts gets hammered as if he forced it against the mothers will.
won't someone think of the children
Why can't the women work part time whilst the kid is at school? oh wait there rich enough the woman doesn't need or want too.
The whole thing is BS and just about an easy ride for someone who doesn't fancy working over spending time with their kids.
the husband working is missing out on first steps, first words and everything.
what a selfless task taken for granted
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Man of Honour
Aren't most of the people missing the point here: that this specific case is about people lying in family court about the extent of their assets?
well if women stopped trying to take men for every penny they have then people wouldn't feel the need to hide stuff.
can't live on 10mil ? you failed at life
if she was giving everythng over 10mil to charity then I'm all for it, personal greed or to get back at an ex husband = lame
once the kid is 4 they can go to nursery , full time placement = 9am-3pm
then they get loads of time until the kid is 16
let's face it mothers want to be the ones looking after and spending time with their children in the majority of cases.
the man is enabling this but ten in divorce courts gets hammered as if he forced it against the mothers will.
won't someone think of the children
Why can't the women work part time whilst the kid is at school? oh wait there rich enough the woman doesn't need or want too.
The whole thing is BS and just about an easy ride for someone who doesn't fancy working over spending time with their kids.
the husband working is missing out on first steps, first words and everything.
what a selfless task taken for granted
Nobody here is claiming the men out working hard are being shafted. Just that the opposite, namely that the woman in a divorce settlement did nothing to help the male earn money is totally untrue.
Man of Honour
Regardless, lying to a court is a big deal.
Lot of assumptions there and missing the point entirely. These men lied about how much money they were worth in a court of law. But you go right on ahead assuming it's always the cheating, money grabbing, conniving, low life waste of space lazy woman who is to blame.
Associate
I used to work for the "said" company and know the "husband" Sharland in question. As with all stories, there is a hell of a lot more about this story on both sides that isn't in the public arena. Such a shame it happened.
Man of Honour
That's pretty much a universal truth but who cares when people can just speculate or purely make stuff up to come to conclusions?
Associate
Indeed, shame to see it end up like this and has destroyed a family.
Soldato
Lot of assumptions there and missing the point entirely. These men lied about how much money they were worth in a court of law. But you go right on ahead assuming it's always the cheating, money grabbing, conniving, low life waste of space lazy woman who is to blame.
Not all women are gold diggers, but most gold diggers are women
That's probably what I'd do if a partner wanted to "move in", in all honesty. Very sensible.