It's good to see that Fathers 4 Justice founder Matt O'Connor has not mellowed with age, as demonstrated by this interview with The Guardian. O'Connor describes our family courts as "Kafkaesque", and says that we have a "North Korean style of family justice", a view that I'm not sure will find favour with those who work in the system.
Celebrity divorces do still make the news. Thierry Henry "could face the biggest ever divorce payout for a footballer", according to the Telegraph. How many people will be sympathetic towards someone who reportedly receives £130,000 per week for kicking a football around?
Still on the subject of those with money, divorce lawyers in America are reportedly advising clients who have suffered as a result of the recent stock market crash to cut their losses by divorcing their wives. Clearly, pecunia vincit amor.
Finally, spare a thought for Kevin Quinn, who was caught as he tried to get married for the third time – without divorcing either his first or his second wife. Quinn claimed to have been in a drunken state for so many years that he had not got around to divorcing his first wife. Now he has a suspended prison sentence to go with his hangover.
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