This case is a salutary lesson in lawyers NOT running up costs and in ensuring, once again, that there is full financial disclosure. It also emphasises the importance of obtaining the proper expert advice in order to be able to properly value the assets of a marriage.
J v J [2014] EWHC 3654 (Fam)Judgment in proceedings for ancillary relief focusing on the issue of the parties’ litigation costs which ran to £920,000 or 31.9% of their total assets.
