UK divorce ruling 'may have ramifications for Paul McCartney'

Paul McCartney’s divorce lawyers will be watching carefully as insurance magnate John Charman today tries to claw back from his former wife more than half the biggest award in British legal history.

UK divorce ruling 'may have ramifications for Paul McCartney'

Paul McCartney’s divorce lawyers will be watching carefully as insurance magnate John Charman today tries to claw back from his former wife more than half the biggest award in British legal history.

The 54-year-old owner of the Axis insurance group is arguing in the Court of Appeal that his £20m (€29.4m) offer was more than adequate and a £70m (€102m) family trust should not have been taken into account when the total assets of the marriage were assessed at £131m (€192m).

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