Blood sucking lawyers

[BrilloPad]

Divorce battle lands pair with £1.3m legal bill - Telegraph

Accusing both sides of "profligacy", they ruled the husband had spent money fighting the divorce which he knew he did not have, leaving him heavily in debt to his lawyers.

No criticism of the legal profession then.

Calling in lawyers during a divorce is like calling out the fire brigade if your house is on fire and watching them pour napalm on it.

So pleased I dumped mine and fought my own case.

[vetran]

But Mrs Musallam reacted with “outrage” when a previous judge ordered her to purchase her former husband – who was living in a small bedsit – a £450,000 house and pay him a £50,000 lump sum that would help pay off his debts.
She has spent more than £800,000 on legal costs fighting her former husband, and disputed his claim that her husband’s estate was worth £5 billion (£3.1 billion), the court heard.

So she is worth Billions and he got half a million? Seems fair, he should have had a sex change then he could have had half!

[d000hg]

the husband had spent money fighting the divorce which he knew he did not have

That's his own fault then.

[OwlHoot]

Presumably if you're battling a spouse in an acrimonious divorce, Wars of the Roses style, then anything that goes to the lawyers instead of the spouse is money well spent, especially if they end up with the lot.

[BrilloPad]

That's his own fault then.

I can feel the Christian love coming through there.

[d000hg]

I can feel the Christian love coming through there.

Regardless of my compassion for him, it's still his fault. Christianity teaches forgiveness not abdication from responsibility.

[Old Hack]

Presumably if you're battling a spouse in an acrimonious divorce, Wars of the Roses style, then anything that goes to the lawyers instead of the spouse is money well spent, especially if they end up with the lot.

Proper stylee.

I reckon I should get into Law, they do seem to make a fair old packet

[BlasterBates]

Agree with the above, having fought my own tax disputes most of it (law) is just commonsense. Just put a case out and support with some evidence. Ocasionally you can spend 100 quid on an opinion from a lawyer.

[Old Hack]

Regardless of my compassion for him, it's still his fault. Christianity teaches forgiveness not abdication from responsibility.

It also appears to teach young children the game of hide the sausage.

[Mich the Tester]

Agree with the above, having fought my own tax disputes most of it (law) is just commonsense. Just put a case out and support with some evidence. Ocasionally you can spend 100 quid on an opinion from a lawyer.

And for another 100 quid he'll give you another, contradictory, opinion.