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Divorce law update

17 May 2007 / Joanne Edwards , James Brown
Issue: 7273 / Categories: Features , Divorce
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H v H

The latest divorce case to generate a flurry of media interest has been H v H [2007] EWHC 459 (Fam), [2007] All ER (D) 88 (Apr) heard by the Mr Justice Charles in the High Court.

The relevance of the case is the fact that it considers how a husband’s future income should be applied in those cases where there are sufficient capital assets for a clean break to take place but the husband has a substantial income going forwards.

The husband and wife married in 1985 and had four children. It is a “big money case” with substantial wealth built up during the course of the marriage as a result of the significant earnings of the husband as a banker. The wife had been a teacher and stopped work relatively soon after the start of the parties’ marriage.

Following the parties’ separation, the husband continued to work, enjoying a high level of remuneration. The wife continued to act as the primary caretaker of the children—aged 18, 14, 11

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