'For what is wedlock forced but a hell, an age of discord and continual strife?' (William Shakespeare in Henry VI Part I) This article is a balm for anyone unfortunate enough to be stuck in an unhappy marriage full of Shakespeare’s 'discord and continual strife', yet too scared to consider divorce because of the costs. An uncontested divorce in which you agree on everything need not cost much but it’s a very different story if you know that your spouse will fight you to the b

'This [the Stalingrad Strategy] is a strategy of wearing down the plaintiff by tenaciously fighting anything the plaintiff presents by whatever means possible and appealing every ruling favourable to the plaintiff. Here, the defendant does not present a meritorious case. This tactic or strategy is named for the Russian city besieged by the Germans in World War II.' (Judges Matter website) Divorce disputes are of course intensely personal and emotionally charged affairs - and

'You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.' (C.S. Lewis) Divorce is traumatic,...

Media reports of the recent Constitutional Court decision holding a section of the Divorce Act unconstitutional and giving Parliament 24...