British court rules prenuptial made in Germany is valid

THE Court of Appeal has ruled that a prenuptial agreement made overseas is still valid in Britain, a decision that could have implications for those going through divorce.

In a case involving a German heiress who was married to a French investment banker, the three-judge panel ruled yesterday that the agreement, signed in Germany before the couple married in London, was valid under English law.

“The Court of Appeal, in a carefully reasoned, thoroughly modern judgement, has enabled English matrimonial law to catch up with the rest of the world,” Ayesha Vardag, a solicitor for Katrin Radmacher, the German heiress, said after the ruling.