Cambridge: Reaching a clean break after disputed financial claims

How we guided him through the case

Rosalyn Jacobs, Senior Associate in our Cambridge team, provided our client with an understanding of the financial divorce proceedings he was facing and how best to approach them, giving him a clearer picture at a point when things felt uncertain.

A key part of our work involved commissioning expert valuation reports for both his business and his former wife’s pension. Having accurate, professionally evidenced figures was essential to presenting a credible and well-prepared case.

At the Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) hearing, the court acknowledged that the husband had received a fair share from the equal split of the family home and noted that (given the disparity in their respective financial positions) his former wife might have been entitled to a slightly larger proportion.

However, the court also determined that no funds from his business should pass to her, and no pension funds from her should pass to him. The financial independence both parties had established since separation was a significant factor in this decision. The court instead indicated that a lump sum payment from the husband to his former wife would be appropriate to achieve an overall fair outcome.

The case settled at the FDR hearing, meaning no final contested hearing was required. A clean break order was achieved, bringing the financial proceedings to a definitive close, which avoided the additional time, cost, and stress of a fully contested final hearing.

Our client said:

“Dealing with Stowe Family Law has been a great experience very knowledgeable staff and dealt with promptly any problems or any questions raised or answered quickly and very professional from the outset.

“Cannot fault them at all, thank you very much for dealing with my family issues.”