Couple spending £1.5m on lawyers in £10m divorce case 'crazy', says judge

An estranged couple behind a firm that supplies towels and bathrobes to top hotels have ruffled a British High Court judge by spending "crazy" amounts on lawyers during a divorce fight.

Mr Justice Holman said Barbara Cooke (aged 57) and Michael Parker (aged 54) had run up legal bills of around £1.5m while arguing about dividing assets possibly in the region of £10m.