- Cited — Martin v Martin (Rev 1) 2018-12-21
“…described in this field as, the “copper-bottomed” assets while leaving him with an unfair proportion of the “illiquid and risk-laden assets”: see Wells v Wells [2002] 2 FLR 97 at [24]. This, it was submitted, derived from the judge’s flawed treatment of the expert’s valuation for the current value of the company. The judge should hav…”
- Cited — Versteegh v Versteegh 2018-05-10
“…In Wells v Wells [2002] EWCA Civ 476; [2002] 2 FLR 97, the authority which has become central to this appeal, Thorpe LJ, having set out in detail the challenges the judge had had at first instance in settling upon…”
- Cited — Versteegh v Versteegh 2018-05-10
“…The expression Wells sharing comes from the case of Wells v Wells [2002] EWCA Civ 476; [2002] 2 FLR 97. In that case the business which the husband had run for 17 years prior to, and thereafter, throughout, the marriage, had suffered a serious, genuine, downturn…”
- Cited — Versteegh v Versteegh 2018-05-10
“…x its real value. In yet other cases, an asset may be divided in specie: this is known in the jargon as “Wells sharing”: see Wells v Wells [2002] EWCA Civ 476, [2002] 2 FLR 97. Where the judge comes to the conclusion that he can make no more than a wild guess at the value of an asset, and it is common ground that the asset in questio…”