How to deal with divorcing clients

A recent series of high profile cases highlights an increasing number of celebrity spouses, who allege the other has hidden assets, and who take documents and computer information to court to back up their arguments. The resulting hearings have proved acrimonious and expensive. With a growing number of clients turning to their trusted professional advisers upon divorce, it is useful to look at recent cases and ask what we can learn from the outcomes. Before looking at some dos and don’ts for divorcing clients, I will first summarise some ongoing cases which have made the headlines rec...