According to UK private client law firm Boodle Hatfield, the estranged wife of TV presenter Ant McPartlin may be using the threat of publicity as a negotiating tool in order to achieve a more generous financial settlement.
Recent media reports suggest that Lisa Armstrong, Mr McPartlin’s wife of 12 years has turned down an offer of 50 percent of the couple’s reputed net worth of £62 million.
It is not unusual in high profile divorces for the threat of adverse publicity to be used as a negotiating tool to obtain a more substantial financial award, Harriet Errington, a senior associate in the family team at Boodle Hat...