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and everyone thought Yoko Ono was a mooch off John

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Heather Mills will be able to cross-examine Sir Paul McCartney personally over his multimillion-pound earnings when the estranged couple go to court today to hammer out a final divorce settlement.

In a bold ? some say reckless ? move, Ms Mills will be acting for herself at the High Court private hearing after falling out with her lawyers Mishcon de Reya, to whom she owes an estimated £2 million in legal fees.

Her decision means that she will have to test any disputed evidence about Sir Paul?s assets, including questioning him in court.

It also imposes a burden on the judge, Mr Justice Bennett, as well as on the legal team for Sir Paul, including the family barrister Nicholas Mostyn, QC, and the divorce solicitor Fiona Shackleton from the London firm Payne Hicks Beach. James Stewart, a family lawyer with the London law firm Manches, said: ?Because Heather Mills is a litigant in person, the court and particularly the judge will have to go out of their way to ensure that her points are made.?

The judge, he added, was hugely experienced, but the decision would mean extra work for him and lawyers on the other side who will have to do much of her work for her. ?To be frank, it is very brave to go into a five-day hearing without the benefit of legal representatives ? these final financial hearings can be very complex, even for the lawyers, and involve experts such as accountants and others if there is any dispute over the value of assets.?

Previous attempts at a settlement foundered over Ms Mills?s refusal to agree to be bound by confidentiality clauses preventing her from writing or talking about the couple?s four-year marriage.

Sir Paul is believed to have offered Ms Mills a lump sum in the region of £20 million, as well as an annual payment of some £2.5 million until the couple?s daughter, Beatrice, reaches 18 ? a total package worth £55 million from his estimated £825 million fortune. But the deal depends on her agreement to a confidentiality clause. Ms Mills is reported to be pushing for a package worth nearer £70 million to £80 million.

The hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice will be behind closed doors but if either side then appeals against the judge?s decision, a hearing in the Court of Appeal would be in public.

Mr Stewart said that the judge was unlikely to impose a confidentiality order as part of a package. But he added: ?Although any litigant has the right to tell his or her story at the appropriate time, parties in family proceedings cannot disclose details of the evidence disclosed during the hearing ? and to do so would be a contempt of court.?

The judge would look at what allegations and details were already in the public domain and might decide there was no point in seeking to impose any promise of confidentiality, he said.

Also this week in the High Court Family Division a landmark hearing on prenuptial agreements goes ahead. If the McCartneys had such an agreement, a financial deal would have been far easier to achieve, lawyers say.

The test case comes in another multimillion-pound divorce battle, involving the property tycoon Stuart Crossley, 62, and his wife Susan, 50, whose previous three marriages included one to the racehorse breeder Robert Sangster. Mrs Crossley has £18 million to her name after three divorces but is pursuing Mr Crossley for a slice of his declared £45 million fortune even though she signed a prenuptial agreement not to do so. In December appeal judges ruled that the couple?s prenuptial agreement should be considered as a key factor in determining the split of assets.

They backed a judge?s decision that, because of the agreement, Mrs Crossley?s claims could be heard in a single day.
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that one legged money grubbing b*tch should not get squat IMO.

 
Originally posted by: Legendary
Prenup Paul! Prenup!
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No, no. Put all your assets into a 'corporation' owned by your brother/father/sister/mother. Much safer.

Edit: Unless you can't trust your family, for some reason.
 
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: JackBurton
She doesn't have a leg to stand on.
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Tasteless, older than Moses, and not funny to begin with.

The joke trifecta!!!
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Oldie but a goldie. 🙂

And what's tasteless is someone trying to legally steal millions of £ they didn't work for. That is absolutely disgusting and in VERY bad taste.
 
looks like she took a settlement of £24.3 million , finally

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/...rt+rant+after+winning+£24.3m+divorce+payout/article.do

Heather Mills this afternoon announced that she has accepted a £24.3million divorce deal before launching an attack on Sir Paul McCartney, his lawyers and the legal system.

Ms Mills, 40, speaking on the steps of the High Court, said she was hitting out after the judge in the case ruled that details of the divorce should be made public.

It emerged that she had sought nearly £125million and that McCartney had offered her £15.8million.
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"Beatrice only gets £35,000 a year - so obviously she's meant to travel B class while her father travels A class, but obviously I will pay for that."
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Who the hell needs more than £35k/yr for a kid? (Excluding nanny and school fees).
Seriously, £35k/yr is more than enough. Hell, it's enough not only for A class, but for A class plus an A Class Mercedes. Every year.
 
Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: Legendary
Prenup Paul! Prenup!
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No, no. Put all your assets into a 'corporation' owned by your brother/father/sister/mother. Much safer.

Edit: Unless you can't trust your family, for some reason.
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That's an even worse idea, if possible.

Prenuptial Agreement FTW
 
Originally posted by: K1052
Originally posted by: SacrosanctFiend
Originally posted by: Legendary
Prenup Paul! Prenup!
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No, no. Put all your assets into a 'corporation' owned by your brother/father/sister/mother. Much safer.

Edit: Unless you can't trust your family, for some reason.
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That's an even worse idea, if possible.

Prenuptial Agreement FTW
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QFT. So much for "love".

Now she is getting $50 millions, looked like dollars. I bet Paul wished he was one of the client of Emperor's Club, much cheaper. Hell, he would get lay for free if he choose to do so.
 
Originally posted by: Lonyo
"Beatrice only gets £35,000 a year - so obviously she's meant to travel B class while her father travels A class, but obviously I will pay for that."
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Who the hell needs more than £35k/yr for a kid? (Excluding nanny and school fees).
Seriously, £35k/yr is more than enough. Hell, it's enough not only for A class, but for A class plus an A Class Mercedes. Every year.
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Her father was also one of the greatest musicians alive and worked for all his fucking money. He created peace, happiness and gave people beautiful music they could turn to in times of trouble or need. What the fuck did this whore ever do? Lose a leg and donate some of her famous husband's money to charity?? In the words of John Stossell, "Gimme a break."

"It's 17,000 (pounds) for two people return (round-trip) first class, so that's obviously not meant to happen for her anymore. It's very sad." :roll:

Why the fuck does her daughter need to travel class "A" anyway?

And I'm glad Heather got less than what Paul originally offered her (supposedly was $100 million). She doesn't even deserve what she did get IMO. Golddigging bitch.
 
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