W v W

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MR. J. COHEN QC (instructed by Charles Russell, Guildford) appeared on behalf of the Applicant. MISS K. BOYD (instructed by Preston and Company) appeared on behalf of the Respondent. ____________________

�2.5 million. He is trying to sell the yacht I have mentioned at a very reduced sum but without any success and at present he continues to fund two permanent crew at a combined cost of �7,500 per month. In the schedule produced by Mr. Cohen for this hearing, the husband's total wealth is put at �10.4 million. Whilst this is substantially more than the total given by the husband, it is not a difference which would have any effect on my determination of the issues raised in this case.

I emphasise the passage in the judgment - "the overall circumstances of the cohabitation and particularly the financial circumstances may be such that it would be inappropriate for maintenance to continue" � which makes it clear that the impact of cohabitation is not necessarily confined to its financial consequences.

Thorpe LJ made it clear, in addition, in the course of his judgment that he was not seeking to impose a straitjacket in particular in respect of the first stage, namely the quantification of maintenance, in respect of which he said the trial judge has a "broad discretion".