Milton Keynes: Securing a full pension share after divorce

How we helped her secure a better outcome

Faye Wright took on the case and supported our client throughout the three years that followed.

Initially, our client’s instinct was to keep the family home in exchange for allowing her husband to retain his pension. However, Faye explained that offsetting the value of the home against the pension was unlikely to result in an equal split. In reality, it could have left our client significantly worse off in the years ahead, particularly given the size of her husband’s pension compared to her own.

When the husband was withdrawing money from their joint account, Faye threatened a freezing injunction to prevent any further spending, and obtained an undertaking from husband to prevent further spending, which helped safeguard what was available to be “shared” as we didn’t actually get a freezing injunction but instead threatened one.

From there, Faye worked steadily towards a fair financial settlement, without the added cost, stress, and delay of court proceedings. Faye went on to say:

“I was extremely concerned at the outset that this client was keen to give up a share of the biggest asset in the case, which was the Husband’s pension, so that she could stay in the family home. I helped her see the bigger picture and that this would have left her overall at a significant financial disadvantage.

“It was a real pleasure acting for her and helping her achieve an outcome that was better than she ever expected and gave her the peace of mind of future financial stability. She was overjoyed with the outcome.”