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Divorce father ‘treated fairly’
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Charles Currey had argued his ex-wife was awarded their £1.5m West Sussex home because of “subliminal gender discrimination” on the part of a judge. He also said he was not given enough money in the settlement, claiming the value of shares his wife inherited had not been taken into account. His appeal was dismissed on Wednesday on the grounds of fairness and money. Relationship with children Mr Currey’s wife Henrietta, 45, was allowed to stay in the home, Watersmeet, in the village of Bosham, on the banks of Chichester Harbour. The High Court judge ruled making her move out would affect her relationship with the couple’s five children. Mr Currey, a 57-year-old boat builder, claimed that as he worked from home he had played an equal part in their upbringing and told the Court of Appeal the judge had not considered his relationship with the children. He also argued his wife had got twice as much as him in the divorce settlement, saying it would not have happened if it had been a woman seeking the divorce. The court heard his wife’s inherited shares in property group De Walden Estates brought her income of £450,000 a year, making her worth more than £45m. More : news.bbc.co.uk |
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