Grammy awards nominated singer Sia, whose songs include Cheap Thrills and Chandelier has announced her divorce from husband Erik Anders Lang. Sia, whose full name is Sia Kate Isobelle Furler married her husband at her home in California in August 2014. Her statement read ‘After much soul searching and consideration we have made the decision…
A farmer has been criticised by a Judge for harassing his neighbours in a right of way dispute. Peter Robinson insisted on driving his tractor at a snail’s pace along a track leading up to his farm in County Durham. He put in more than a dozen speed bumps in a bid to make life…
We acted for a commercial landlord who sued his tenant for unpaid rent and service charges. We successfully obtained a Judgment in the sum of £90,000 and costs following a trial in the County Court. Running a business can be difficult in this today’s economic climate and with the uncertainties following Brexit. It can be…
It has been reported that Kim Kardashian West is considering divorcing her rapper husband Kanye West after her two-and- a-half- year marriage after feeling “trapped” in her relationship. Recent traumatic events are thought to have taken their toll on the marriage which saw Kim Kardashian gagged, bound and held at gunpoint during a robbery in…
A financier’s widow who is battling her stepdaughter over his £18million estate has denied claims she ‘bullied and dominated’ her frail husband. Richard Thornton died in 2013 leaving half his estate to his wife Susie. The other half of the estate went into a trust for the rest of his family, including his three adult…
Robbie Williams, the former Take That singer is in dispute with rock and roll legend neighbour Jimmy Page after the Led Zeppelin founder objected to William’s plans over fears it could damage his nearby Grade-I listed home. Williams bought the £17million property from the family of late film director Michael Winner in December 2013, but…
Actor Johnny Depp and actress Amber Heard divorced in July this year after a turbulent 15 months of marriage. The actors met on the set whilst filming The Rum Diaries in 2102, the same year he and his long-term partner singer/actress Vanessa Paradis split after 14 years together. Johnny Depp is worth an estimated £320…
Beatles producer Sir George Martin left an estate worth more than £1million but failed to leave anything to his eldest son Greg following a rift. Sir George, often described as ‘The Fifth Beatle’, died in March aged 90 and left a £1million estate in his will, with the majority of it being left to his…
Comedian David Walliams and his ex-wife, model Lara Stone have settled a High Court dispute over their £19million fortune. David Walliams was worth £16.3m and his wife £2.6m. The pair’s five-year marriage came to an end in September 2015. After private talks on the second day of the dispute at the High Court, Mr Walliams…
We successfully defended a claim in the High Court when a family member challenged the fact that no provision had been made for him a Will. Had the claim succeeded then the executor and sole beneficiary of the Will would have had to sell property in order to pay any award made by the Court.…