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WHAT’S A WOMAN WORTH?
Ruth DeechGresham Professor of Law
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Mills-McCartney
• £28m for a 3-year marriage
• £35K for Beatrice• £50K pa for charitable
donations
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Charman v Charman
• £48m, 28 year marriage to an insurance broker, no outside employment
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Mrs Miller & Mrs McFarlane
• Mrs Miller - £5m after a 3-year marriage
• Mrs McFarlane - £250K pa for life
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Judicial discretion
• Judges mean to be generous and fair but have departed from the statutory principles
• Discretion is expensive because unpredictable
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Three sisters
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The Legislation
• Matrimonial Causes Act 1973• Inheritance (Provision for Family and
Dependants) Act 1975• The Law Commission proposals:
Cohabitation: the Financial Consequences of Relationship Breakdown – remedies for couples with children or who have lived together for 2 years
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Why cohabit?
• One refuses to marry• Previous bad experience with divorce• Trial to see if marriage right• Reject marriage on ideological grounds
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More law is a bad idea
• Expensive• How to determine worthy relationships?• Put men off commitment• Gold diggers’ charter• Freedom of choice
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Independent arrangements
• Prenuptial and cohabitation contracts should be recognised
• Make joint wills, put property in joint ownership
• Community of property – equal division of marital acquests
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