Judge awards barrister stg£400,000 in property after break-up with fiancé

BARRISTER Kerry Cox yesterday won most of her claims against a fellow barrister she said promised her property valued at more than stg£1 million when they were engaged.

Kerry Cox launched the British High Court claim against Lawrence Jones who she claimed was her fiancé until she was forced to break off the engagement because of his drunken violence.

Ms Cox said during the time she was with Mr Jones, she was promised a half-share of a mill they were converting in Essex and full ownership of a flat in Islington, north London, above her own home in Thornhill Bridge Wharf.