UK family lawyers at national law firm Irwin Mitchell have had success in the High Court with a financial settlement for a bankrupt husband.

Irwin Mitchell partner Nathaniel Groarke and solicitor Emma Bates in the firm’s Manchester family law team managed the husband’s case, who was declared bankrupt during the proceedings.

The case involved the interaction between divorce proceedings and insolvency law; the validity of a pre-nup made five days before the wedding; allegations by the wife that the husband had hidden assets; failure by the wife to disclose assets and other complex international issues.

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