Havard Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I think a system where both parties are financially assessed before they tie the knot could be benficial. If a guy has made his millions whilst being married to a woman they she should be entitled to half as she will have had her own responsibilities during their marriage!! ie If they were both worth nothing when they met then one of them persues a career and makes a million then the partners should get £500k. If the bloke was wealthy previously then they should go back to the same % difference should they split. In this case, Heather Mills would have got very little. ie He's worth 1 million and she's worth 10k. Then he should at least keep his £990k. What they have then aquired as a married couple should then be divided down the middle etc.... Seperate provisions should be made for the children. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have a sneaky suspicion that if Heather had been a Supra owner the majority of the online pack would have been full of sympathy for her plight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Definetly siding with digsy and far on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I have a sneaky suspicion that if Heather had been a Supra owner the majority of the online pack would have been full of sympathy for her plight. Would have to have been an auto though!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 So if I put her in a room with 30 other kids you would be able to pick her out? I know I wouldnt and nor would most of the general public And even in first class there are members of the general public, it doesnt mean she has exclusivity I'm sure because of who he is they have managed to protect her identity thus far - now Heather Mills is just Heather Mills I'm sure it's different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm sure she'll be grappling for media attention attention soon, she just want's to be famous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I think this was always going to be messy and Heather was always going to come out looking like a money grabber even though it would have been her legal team that would have been pushing for the larger settlement, I dont feel sorry for either party, divorce is a sad business and there are no winners especially when children are involved, the sum of money she has received is huge but in respect of Pauls wealth it is not unusual I got divorced a few years ago and I was the major bread winner, we had no savings as such, I found out my wife was seeing someone else and I went mad of course, but SHE divorced me on grounds of unreconcilable differences, I lost the house, the car and a very large sum of money that I have to go and borrow from a bank, I still wonder about the legal system to this day, I do not see Paul having to worry about putting his life back together........... messy agreed, end of the world for either of them .. of course not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiceRocket Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 The settlement equated to £17,000 for every day of the couple's marriage. Not a bad wage http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7302736.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I think this was always going to be messy and Heather was always going to come out looking like a money grabber even though it would have been her legal team that would have been pushing for the larger settlement, I dont feel sorry for either party, divorce is a sad business and there are no winners especially when children are involved, the sum of money she has received is huge but in respect of Pauls wealth it is not unusual I got divorced a few years ago and I was the major bread winner, we had no savings as such, I found out my wife was seeing someone else and I went mad of course, but SHE divorced me on grounds of unreconcilable differences, I lost the house, the car and a very large sum of money that I have to go and borrow from a bank, I still wonder about the legal system to this day, I do not see Paul having to worry about putting his life back together........... messy agreed, end of the world for either of them .. of course not Sorry to hear that, life can be a b*tch can't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Just read through the judgement released by LJ Bennett, ....It does seem that Heather Mills BS'd about alot of her property and money, and could not produce any factual evidence to support the fact that she had lost anything through her marriage to Sir Paul, which is why it was almost impossible for Bennett to say exactly how much she was entitled too. She should not have sacked her solicitors. Having read what Wallicechick has read, the following bits of the judgement stand out to me: 15.The husband's evidence was, in my judgment, balanced. He expressed himself moderately though at times with justifiable irritation, if not anger. He was consistent, accurate and honest. 16.But I regret to have to say I cannot say the same about the wife's evidence. Having watched and listened to her give evidence, having studied the documents, and having given in her favour every allowance for the enormous strain she must have been under (and in conducting her own case) I am driven to the conclusion that much of her evidence, both written and oral, was not just inconsistent and inaccurate but also less than candid. Overall she was a less than impressive witness. I.e. 33.The wife accepted that had she had £2m to £3m in the bank in 1999 she is most likely to have put such a sum into an account earning interest. But the tax returns do not disclose any bank interest earned or only very small sums which are not consistent with holding £2m-£3m in a bank or banks. Moreover her tax returns disclose no charitable giving at all. 297.I regret to say that I strongly suspect that the motives of both wife and husband in trying to introduce the conduct of each other into these financial relief proceedings has got far more to do with the impending libel trials than the instant proceedings. I accept that conduct was raised by each of the parties in their Forms E which predated the commencement of libel proceedings. But matters have moved on a long way since then. The money bit: 322.Accordingly, I shall order that the husband will pay to the wife on or after decree nisi a lump sum of £16.5m. This then means that she will exit the marriage with property and funds of £24.3m. Thus, in my judgment, the sharing principle, on the assumption that such may arguably be applicable here, is subsumed within her needs and indeed in the total figure with which she exits the marriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 She should not have sacked her solicitors. Having read what Wallicechick has read, the following bits of the judgement stand out to me: I may be wrong here marbleapple, but I believe the Lawyers sacked her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I may be wrong here marbleapple, but I believe the Lawyers sacked her Definitely wrong. Ermm solicitors don't turn down money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Definitely wrong. Ermm solicitors don't turn down money. I think back in November they sacked her http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2839009.ece Perhaps she sacked her latest ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I remember her sacking them, allegedly to save money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 I think back in November they sacked her http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article2839009.ece Perhaps she sacked her latest ones? "A spokesman for Mishcon confirmed today that they were no longer acting for her but declined to say why or who had sacked whom". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 "A spokesman for Mishcon confirmed today that they were no longer acting for her but declined to say why or who had sacked whom". It's a mystery (why I didn't thoroughly read my own link) Perhaps a Poll? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Yep, I suspect the media suggest they sacked her. I'd eat my hat if they actually did, imagine the money they would have earned from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Yep, I suspect the media suggest they sacked her. I'd eat my hat if they actually did, imagine the money they would have earned from that. Like you, I have yet to meet a law firm that walks away from a big payment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Interest on £1 million is approx £4k a week ! £1 million at 5% interest is 50k a year, or less than 1k a week surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Like you, I have yet to meet a law firm that walks away from a big payment I'd walk away from a big payment...... with a bigger one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 £1 million at 5% interest is 50k a year, or less than 1k a week surely? It is and don't call me "surely"!! I have a friend who has 5 million in the bank and he gets 13K a month in interest...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 It is and don't call me "surely"!! I have a friend who has 5 million in the bank and he gets 13K a month in interest...... I get about 15p:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juanchan Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 It is and don't call me "surely"!! Sorry, forgot it's not Friday night yet I have a friend who has 5 million in the bank and he gets 13K a month in interest...... Money makes money unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Well he obviously liked her enough to marry her, I don't get why people are saying she doesn't deserve any money etc, it seems to me on the surface that people are just shocked by the sums of money involved but it's all relative. If he had 50p to his name and she got 25p I can't imagine everyone would be kicking off. What has she done to deserve £25m, a house plus maintenance- she was married to him for four years, it's not like he was a penniless busker when she met him and she stuck by him through thick and thin for forty years as he gathered his fortune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Like you, I have yet to meet a law firm that walks away from a big payment I do understand the point you and Charlotte make. I just wonder if you get the odd "impossible" client, you may want to distance yourself from them In the mean time I sit corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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