Heather Mills goes it alone in divorce showdown - Times Online

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Heather Mills goes it alone in divorce showdown
Times Online, UK - 5 minutes ago
The test case comes in another multimillion-pound divorce battle, involving the property tycoon Stuart Crossley, 62, and his wife Susan, 50, whose previous ...

In a bold – some say reckless – move, Ms Mills will be acting for herself at the High Court private hearing after falling out with her lawyers Mishcon de Reya, to whom she owes an estimated £2 million in legal fees.

Her decision means that she will have to test any disputed evidence about Sir Paul’s assets, including questioning him in court.

It also imposes a burden on the judge, Mr Justice Bennett, as well as on the legal team for Sir Paul, including the family barrister Nicholas Mostyn, QC, and the divorce solicitor Fiona Shackleton from the London firm Payne Hicks Beach. James Stewart, a family lawyer with the London law firm Manches, said: “Because Heather Mills is a litigant in person, the court and particularly the judge will have to go out of their way to ensure that her points are made.”