Dorset solicitor points to growing importance of 'prenups' (From Business in Dorset)

Dorset solicitor points to growing importance of 'prenups'

9:00am Wednesday 8th July 2009

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A Dorset solicitor says that prenuptial agreements are gaining in importance.

While British law does not generally recognise prenuptial contracts, Emma Hamilton-Cole, who specialises in family law at the Broadstone office of Coles Miller, predicted that this could change in future.

Lord Justice Mathew Thorpe, who heard the case of Katrin Radmacher, a German paper industry heiress worth £100 million and her former husband Nicolas Granatino, overturned an earlier court ruling ordering Radmacher to pay Granatino £5.85m.

“It seems likely that in time properly prepared and executed prenuptial agreements seem likely to gain in relevance and weight in law,” said Emma.

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