ONE of Britain’s leading family lawyers, Baroness Deech, says that assets built up before a marriage should be excluded from divorce settlements.

Deech, the chairwoman of the Bar Standards Board, said the country should adopt European-style divorce laws to bring an end to bitter and expensive legal battles and to deter “gold diggers” from marrying for money.

Under the proposed overhaul, only assets — including cash and property —acquired during the marriage would be subject to the divorce settlement.

Individually owned or inherited assets would be protected.
 

Source: Times Online