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Divorce granted and equal division of family home proceeds ordered despite disparity in contributions
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High Court grants a divorce to a couple who had ceased conjugal relations since 2018 and lived separate lives within the same residence without children, and orders the sale of the family home, with proceeds to be divided equally, despite the respondent's significantly higher financial contribution to the property, the court finding both parties to be financially independent, with the applicant having multiple sources of income and the respondent owning profitable businesses, and rejecting the applicant's claims of significant involvement in the respondent's businesses and noted that the recent growth of these businesses did not affect the couple's standard of living during their marriage.
Divorce decree - Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996 - judicial separation - financial independence - entrepreneurial - business valuation - proper provision - family home - equal division of assets - financial contributions - standard of living - earning capacity - privacy breach - credibility, conduct of spouses - accommodation needs - pension benefits - statutory prerequisites.
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