Sharland divorce battle case set to be begin
THE bitter legal wrangle over the terms of their divorce between software entrepreneur Charles Sharland and his ex-wife Alison is heading for the Supreme Court on Monday.
Represented by Irwin Mitchell, Alderley Edge-based Mrs Sharland’s case will be heard in London and is expected to last for three days. It is her third attempt to challenge her settlement, having tried previously at the High Court and Appeal Court.
The Supreme Court – the highest court in England and Wales – will also hear the case of a London-based woman, Varsha Gohil, who is also claiming her divorce settlement is unfair.
Ros Bever, ofIrwin Mitchell leading the legal challenges on behalf of both women, said: “Both cases raise serious issues about how the courts should handle situations where information shared with the court and used to agree a divorce settlement is later found to be false or incomplete.
“We believe the position that both women find themselves in is unfair and that is why we are taking their cases to the Supreme Court.
Mr Sharland, the founder of AppSense, a Warrington-based Anglo-US business software company backed by Goldman Sachs, did not wish to comment ahead of the hearing.
His legal team, James Brown and Beth Wilkins at Manchester firm JMW Solicitors, said though: “The Supreme Court has the responsibility of considering the respective arguments in Mr and Mrs Sharland’s divorce.
“We simply believe it would be inappropriate to prejudice those very important deliberations by taking relevant arguments to the media before they are presented to the court.
“We are confident, however, that the Supreme Court judges will follow the example of their colleagues in the High Court and the Court of Appeal in agreeing that the provision made by Mr Sharland for both his family and his ex-wife was fair and reasonable.”
