A lawyer who set up her own firm specifically to help men in divorce proceedings has said it is men who are often the \u201cbiggest losers\u201d in cases, not women.<\/p>\n
Barbara Johnson-Stern set up the firm Cordell and Cordell in London in 2015. She told the Daily Mail:<\/em><\/a> \u201cWomen are often seen as the biggest losers in divorce, but that\u2019s an outdated view \u2013 it\u2019s almost the opposite now.\u201d<\/p>\n The lawyer claims women \u201cwant their life to stay the same \u2013 they just don\u2019t want their husband in it\u201d. She also dismisses the fact that some women sacrifice their work, stay at home to raise children in order for their husbands to maintain their jobs and that is why they then need spousal pay when the marriage collapses.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n \u201cA lot of women stay at home because they want to,\u201d she said. \u201cThey knowingly make decisions that will impact on their future, and they have to be responsible for those decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n Liz Cowell, a family law specialist at Slater and Gordon who also sits as a district judge, told The Independent.<\/em>\u00a0“In a\u00a0divorce court, a judge’s job is to reach the fairest and most amicable settlement for both parties, regardless of their gender. To say that the current system is biased in favour of women is simply not true.<\/p>\n “The idea that a firm’s first priority\u00a0would be a client’s sex rather than the often distressing circumstances that they may\u00a0have found themselves in, is … ridiculous.”<\/p>\n Rhona Adams, a family law solicitor at Morton Fraser, said: “If you look beneath the stereotypes of money-grabbing women and fathers who don’t see their kids, the problems faced by couples splitting up are similar for both sexes.”<\/p>\n Despite her controversial approach to the law, Ms Johnson-Stern denies she or the firm is sexist.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not anti-women,\u201d she says. \u201cYou can want men to have the best settlement possible without thinking you want women to walk away with nothing.\u201d<\/p>\nThe most shocking celebrity divorces<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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