Boris Johnson's wife Marina Wheeler has “had enough” and wants their divorce to be finalised as quickly as possible. One source said: “The papers are coming imminently. They were due within the next fortnight but Marina’s just had enough.” The divorce will end a 25-year marriage which has survived previous claims of Mr Johnson’s infidelity. [...]
The former UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson has separated from his wife Marina Wheeler, and they are now set to be divorced. Johnson, who is also a former London Mayor, has been living apart from Wheeler for the past few months, the Sun reported. The pair have been married for 25 years. A number of UK [...]
The acting pair's relationship crumbled in 2016 after allegations of abuse levelled at Johnny Depp by his former partner - including throwing an iPhone at her face in May 2016 - but now Depp has claimed that his ex-wife punched him twice in a new court filing. Depp filed the documents in the UK, where [...]
A solicitor can go ahead with administering the estate of a deceased man for the benefit of his estranged wife, who is aged in her nineties and has dementia, the Court of Appeal has ruled. While the husband left just €1,000 in his will to his estranged wife - a ward of court - she [...]
The nation's capital may be smaller than any state but still sees its fair share of divorces with an average of 2.9 out of every 1,000 people getting divorced, according to 2011 data released by the Center for Disease Control. That means that every day there are people that must determine how to divide marital [...]
An estranged French couple became embroiled in a High Court row in London after getting divorced twice. A High Court judge heard how Dominique and Doh Mensah had been granted divorce decrees in France and England and was asked to decide which order should stand. Mr Mensah, who is in his 60s, said a decree [...]
The Supreme Court has called for legislation to enable a uniform approach to recognition of foreign divorces. It follows a ruling that Irish law does not recognise the validity of divorces obtained before 1986 in certain circumstances. An important judgment was delivered by the court today relating to the recognition here of foreign divorces obtained [...]
It’s 20 years since Ireland voted for divorce. An Irish Times series, Divorced Ireland, explores the effects of that vote on Irish life, then and since. To read the full series click hereWith nearly one in ten marriages here ending in separation or divorce, Ireland has the lowest rate of divorce in Europe and the third [...]
The recent Divorced Ireland series click here to read full series in the Irish Times has highlighted the challenges people face in dealing with separation, particularly when children are involved. Faced with the breakdown of a marriage or long-term relationship, many people see court as being the only avenue open to them. Some who embark on a [...]
It’s 20 years since Ireland voted for divorce. An Irish Times series, Divorced Ireland, explores the effects of that vote on Irish life, then and since. Every day in Phoenix House in Dublin’s Smithfield, couples wishing to divorce collect at 10am in the lobby. Some have legal representatives, others do not. They wait, some well into [...]