Hearings
England & Wales
14 Nov 2002 [2002] EWCA Civ 1685; [2003] Fam 103; [2003] 2 WLR 631; [2003] 4 All ER 342; [2003] 1 FLR 139, CA
25 Mar 2003 (pet dis) [2003] 1 WLR 926, HL(E)
Lambert v Lambert
Subject Matter
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Financial provision — Lump sum award — Means of parties — Large family assets built up over long period of marriage — Husband running business while wife looking after home — Whether husband's contribution to marriage special — Whether equal division of assets appropriate — Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 25 (as substituted by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 3)
[2002] EWCA Civ 1685; [2003] Fam 103; [2003] 2 WLR 631; [2003] 4 All ER 342; [2003] 1 FLR 139, CA