C v C

[1]������� In this application the petitioner (to whom I shall refer, for ease of reference, as �the wife�) seeks Ancillary Relief pursuant to a summons dated 20 February 2008.�

[3]������� The parties were married on 24 July 1974.� There was a conflict of evidence as to the date of separation which I shall deal with shortly. A Decree Nisi was granted on 5 November 2007.� There are four children of the marriage, all of whom are aged over 18.

[4]������� The principal issue in the application before me was whether a history of domestic abuse could amount to conduct which it would be inequitable to disregard.�

[5]������� The principal assets which were the subject of the hearing were agreed to be :

(i) The former matrimonial home (valued on behalf of the wife at approximately �225,000 and on behalf of the husband at approximately �250,000). Neither party called valuation evidence and so I concluded that the value of the property lay at a midpoint between the two valuations ;