"Extraordinarily Unusual" Divorce Case Reaches Senior Judges

A 66-year-old woman who wants to divorce her husband of nearly 40 years is waiting to find out whether she has won an "extraordinarily unusual" court battle.

At a family court last year, Judge Robin Tolson refused to grant Tini Owens' divorce petition.

Mrs Owens claimed she was trapped in a "loveless" marriage, and told the court that her husband's intolerable conduct included criticising her in front of their housekeeper, a row in an airport shop, and a "silent meal in a local pub."

Judge Tolson described the allegations as "exaggerated" and "an exercise in scraping the barrel." Now Mrs Owens has asked Court of Appeal judges in London to overturn the ruling.

Mr Owens disputes the fact that the couple's marriage has irretrievably broken down. He told the court:

"I am somebody who teases my wife. I do it all the time. I know she doesn't always appreciate it. I have got a very loud voice. I talk in this way all the time."

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Mandy Peters

Divorce Solicitors