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Divorce rates in Australia are bucking the worldwide trend.

Apr

2013

Legal services, counselling and childcare are just a few of the industries cashing in on Australia’s increasing divorce rate according to research. The number of divorces in Australia increased by 8.7% over the past five years – from 47,209 in 2008 to 51,311 in 2013. Research by IBISWorld identifies five key industries that are increasingly ...

UK Divorce – Queries have plummeted on Google

Feb

2013

It appears the number of people typing in divorce related keywords into the Google search engine have plummeted over the last 6 months having risen dramatically in 2012 according to the trends tool provided by the search engine. The increase in 2012 is dramatic compared to the previous 3-4 years which remain at a constant ...

Divorce rates are unchanged for marriages over ten years

Feb

2013

The presumption that people are rejecting marriage as divorce rates have risen over the decades has been debunked by new research. Couples who marry this year and last past the ten year mark, are just as likely as their grandparents to make it through to their Golden Wedding anniversary according to the new research. The ...

Online divorce – Company sees 34% increase in new clients in 2012

Dec

2012

Online divorce seems to becoming the preferred option for web savvy consumers in this recession as Divorce-Online™, the market leader reports a 34% increase in clients since the beginning of 2012 and that expansion is on course to continue in 2013 when legal aid is withdrawn for most divorce cases. The website that helps steer ...

Increase in wealth not a barder event

Jun

2009

Credit-crunched executives have already been warned they will not be able to wriggle out of big-money divorce settlements by pointing towards their depleted bank balances. Now, senior judges have issued a similarly stark warning to their former wives: you will not be entitled to more money if your former spouse’s wealth unexpectedly surges. Kim Walkden ...

Credit-crunched’ fund manager tries to claw back £9.5m from ex-wife as recession bites

Mar

2009

A City fund manager hit by the credit crunch went to the Court of Appeal yesterday in an attempt to renegotiate £9.5 million of his divorce settlement. Bryan Myerson claimed that his former wife, Ingrid, was awarded 43 per cent of the couple’s £25.8 million fortune when the settlement was agreed in February last year. ...