The Master of the High Court, who has been a vocal critic of the way banks handle repossession cases, has been told to stop dealing with all debt cases.

A Laura Ashley boss and his ex-wife who are fighting over tens of millions in a divorce court disagree about the way they lived their lives, a judge has heard.

A High Court judge has suggested that a case in which a father of six was barred from entering the street where he lived as a result of legal proceedings he knew nothing of had Kafkaesque overtones.