Jennifer Garner is to reportedly file for divorce from Ben Affleck. They had been married for nearly 12 years. The couple split in June 2015, however, since then there has been reports the two were reconciling. Ben Affleck recently praised Jennifer Garner as being “the greatest mom in the world.” The couple have three children…
An accountant forged his dead mother’s will to take control of a slice in his family’s £160million palm oil business. Girish Dahyabhai Patel from north London, used a blank document, pre-signed by his mother, before adding a will around it. Mr Patel was caught out by forensic analysis, which revealed the faint indentation of her…
A Minnesota probate judge overseeing the estate of Prince has refused to appoint either of two probate lawyers seeking to represent the late music star’s likely heirs in managing his legacy, citing disagreement among the siblings over whom they prefer. Prince left behind a fortune believed to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars when…
Mrs Tini Owens has taken her husband to the Court of Appeal to ask three judges for a divorce because he makes her feel ‘unloved, isolated and alone’. In 2016 Mrs Owens failed to persuade a family court judge to allow her to divorce her husband but Mr Hugh Owens is opposed to the divorce…
Beyoncé is being sued for $20 million by the estate of a late internet star who is sampled in her song and video Formation. The estate of Anthony Barré, also known as Messy Mya, alleges in a filed federal lawsuit that Beyoncé used a sample of Mya in the single and its video without permission.…
Maria Mills received a £230,000 lump sum along with £1,100 monthly maintenance payments when she split from her husband Graham after 13 years of marriage. But since the divorce in 2002 Mrs Mills invested the money ‘unwisely’ in London properties, landing herself in debt because of her ‘poor’ decisions. Mr Mills argued he ‘should not…
Chinese conservationist Li Quan and estranged husband Stuart Bray, a banker from America, who founded a charity called Save Chinese Tigers before their marriage broke down have returned to court for another round of litigation in their multi-million-pound legal fight. For three years, they have been embroiled in a legal battle. Ms Li claims that…
A pensioner is to face a criminal trial for ‘illegally digging up some soil’ as part of a bitter neighbour dispute that has lasted nearly 20 years. Valerie Vivian was allegedly spotted digging up soil laid by her neighbours in a jointly-owned communal garden in Somerset. Her neighbours had laid the soil over a gravel…
Two rogue traders in charge of building firms which carried out tens of thousands of pounds of shoddy work face prison after they admitted a catalogue of reckless trading offences. Jonathan Jones and Rebecca Dack pleaded guilty to crimes against customers who were charged more than £50,000 for building work. It was said they “failed…
Glen Briers built a £30million sports and street-wear business incorporating brands Lambretta and Vision Streetwear. When he split from Nicola Briers, his wife of 18 years in 2002, the business was turning over £1million a year. When they divorced Mr Briers gave his wife £150,000 to pay off the mortgage and she kept the £700,000…