For some years now, businesses have talked about the objective of creating 'paper-free offices'. However, whilst the push to store documents digitally has cleared desks and freed up filing space in the office, at home things are generally somewhat different.

In the last decade or so, the divorce courts of England and Wales have won the reputation of being among the most 'wife-friendly' around. A number of high-profile and high-value cases have highlighted a significant shift in how settlements were calculated. Historically, the principal factor in dividing marital assets had involved meeting the needs of the financially weaker spouse.

Not a week goes by without news of yet another celebrity marriage breaking down. And with the high drama of multimillion pound settlements and public ...