A v A

This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.

This judgment is dealing with Mrs. A�s application for all forms of financial remedy consequent upon her divorce from Mr. A.� Mrs A has been represented by Miss Hillas and Mr A by Mr Montaldo.

Mrs. A is 50 years of age and Mr. A is 50 years of age. �They have three children, X, who is 20 and at university; Y, who is 18 and currently taking her A-levels and who is expected to go to university in September; and Z, who is 8 years of age and at school.

The parties married in 1994 and separated in 2015 after 21 years of marriage.� Mrs. A began her working life as a pharmaceutical technician.� She then worked in property management until 2003, from when she devoted herself to the children.� Mr. A worked as an accountant, achieving professional qualifications, until in 2003 he took over the management of the parties� property business.

Since separation, their property business and the rental income it generates has been divided between them.� Some of the properties are in Mrs. A�s name, some are in Mr. A�s name and some are in joint names.� The property that they currently each manage was determined by Mrs. A on the advice of her solicitors. Mrs A has control of 21 rental properties and Mr A 9. The rental income retained by Mrs A is greater than that retained by Mr A.