End of the Celebrity Ding-Dong?
By Graham Davies

We all like a good old celebrity divorce ding-dong, preferably with filthy-laundry-washing thirty-page spreads in Chat, Bella, Best, OK, Heat and Hello, plus a generous serving of rants and histrionics on chat-show sofas. All strung out for months, all lining the pockets of lawyers. Sadly, this may be a thing of the past. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has just decided that the British Courts will recognise agreements about splitting assets in the event of divorce, signed AFTER the wedding. So, never again may the likes of Guy Ritchie and Heather Mills have to creep away with the pittance they received from their exs.

When I practised at the matrimonial bar (from 1986-98) our motto was "Love is grand, divorce is 500 grand". Pretty soon, you'll be able to pick up an off-the-shelf Post-nup pack from a high-street stationers (alongside the DIY wills and Shorthold Tenancy Packs). "Love is grand, divorce is £19.99 from W.H.Smiths". Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.