By Kenneth Yung, Associate

An update to our previous article - Prenuptial Agreements cannot be disregarded by Paul Firmin, Partner

After months of speculation and anticipation, nine highly respected judges from the English Supreme Court gave their judgment in Radmacher v Granatino on 20^th October 2010. By a majority of eight to one, they upheld the Court of Appeal's decision, holding the husband Nicholas Granatino to the pre-nuptial agreement he signed before he married Katrin Radmacher, a German heiress who worth approximately £100 million.

By Paul Firmin, Partner

We receive a lot of enquiries from prospective clients, many of whom assume simply because they got married in Hong Kong or lived in Hong Kong some time ago (but don’t live in Hong Kong anymore), that they can get divorced here.

By Paul Firmin, Partner

The recent English Court of Appeal's decision in Radmacher v. Granatino will no doubt put pressure on the Hong Kong courts to follow suit, and accept the reality of this day and age that it is “increasingly unrealistic" as Lord Justice Thorpe said, for courts to disregard pre-nuptial agreements.