A is an Indian national working in London as a doctor. He has indefinite leave to remain. A entered into an arranged marriage with M who resides in India. M was meant to join A in England but A and M argued all the time. The marriage ended before it began and A decided not to take M to England. A tried to communicate with M but she stopped answering his calls and emails.
We issued divorce proceedings on behalf of A and served them with the help of the High Court (who instructed the Indian Courts to serve the papers). Had this failed we would have obtained an Order for substituted service so that we would have been allowed to serve M by email as we could have proved that she used her email address to communicate with A before the marriage broke down.
Mrs F and her husband are English nationals, however, they lived abroad for most of their married life. They last lived together in Dubai where Mrs F’s husband was employed. The parties’ marriage deteriorated and Mrs F returned to England advising that she wished to remain here. She feared that her husband could start divorce proceedings abroad although all the parties’ assets were in the husband’s sole name in Europe.
J is a German national residing in England. The father of her two children G is a Serbian national with indefinite leave to remain in England. J wishes to return to Germany following the breakdown of the parties’ relationship, however, G does not allow her to take the children.
S is a Bulgarian national. She lived in London for a while and fell pregnant whilst having an affair with a married man. She returned to Bulgaria with her child but sought child maintenance from the father. He ignored her requests.
We drafted a pre-nuptial agreement for G that allowed F to keep his pre-marital assets. The agreement stated that whatever both parties earned from the date of the marriage should be shared equally between them. The agreement also ensured that G and the baby would be provided for in the event that the marriage would not last long very long.
