Man saves big in divorce settlement by telling judge: I meant $ instead of £

A wealthy property investment manager fighting over money with his ex-wife said he mistakenly used a British sterling sign instead of an American dollar symbol when jotting down a figure – and a British High Court judge believed him.

His ex-wife found the figure “£6.8” among notepad jottings about the assets of three companies – and said the note meant that company assets amounted to $6.8m, Mr Justice Blair heard.