Shelley Kavanagh knew divorce would be costly. But given that the marital home was a £5.5million seven-bedroom mansion in Surrey, and her husband earned more than £2million a year as a stockbroker, she didn’t expect to be left homeless, financially destitute and contemplating suicide.
In fact, justifiably, she had assumed their assets would be divided fairly and she would continue to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle with her three children.
After all, she and her husband had accrued their wealth together. They had both worked in the City until she gave up her career to look after their young family.
So what went wrong
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