Lawyers Line Up For Madonna Divorce

LAWYERS LINE UP FOR MADONNA DIVORCE

Oct 16,2008
Two of London’s most formidable female lawyers will go head to head over Madonna and Guy Ritchie’s divorce.

The pop superstar will be represented by Fiona Shackleton who acted for Sir Paul McCartney in his £24.3 million split from Heather Mills earlier this year.

Facing her will be Helen Ward, who secured £48 million for Beverley Charman when she split from her insurance magnate husband John in 2006.

Mrs Charman’s payout is thought to be the biggest divorce award in English legal history.

A spokesman for the film director confirmed he had hired Manches, the firm where Lady Ward is a partner, but would not say which lawyer would represent Mr Ritchie. Manches refused to comment.

According to the firm’s website Lady Ward “specialises in family law, with emphasis on the financial consequences of the breakdown of relationships with particular expertise in cases involving substantial assets, complexity and an international element.”

It adds: “Where it is necessary she also deals with cases involving the resolution of disputes relating to the children.”

Arrangements for the couple’s children are likely to be central to Madonna and Mr Ritchie’s divorce.

The singer has a 12-year-old daughter, Lourdes, from a previous relationship. The couple have an eight-year-old son, Rocco, and adopted their younger son, David, three, from Malawi.

The divorce was announced in a joint statement released on Wednesday, nearly eight years after the couple’s lavish wedding at Skibo castle, Scotland, on December 22, 2000.



Source: Absolute Madonna

don't know if i should believe this... ???

Well but it's true

i hope it's not... everybody can say that liz said that

i will only believe this when i saw a video in which madonna or guy say something about the divorce

Yeah, I'm still skeptical but in US it's all over the news. Real news channels, too, not just tabloids like before. I think it's the real deal I just hope he doesn't get any of her money!!

Poor Madge,
In Australia all the entertainment headlines are like
MADONNA RUMOR
BLAH, BLAH
Apparently Madonna gave Guy like 25 million to shut up and say nothing.
Thats a rumor apparently

And, apparently Guy is a gold digger. Thats madonna said.
And he wants all of her money.
And he never liked the kid she adopted or something like that

I was listening on the radio. In melbourne, victoria. And they asked people who fault was it. And like all these people rang up saying it was madonna. But i think its both of there faults. You can't just put the devorce on one person.