Baroness Deech on change in the UK...

She said the idea of fault should be brought back into proceedings. Those who ask for a fast-track divorce on the grounds of adultery or unreasonable behaviour should be made to wait for 12 months before they can remarry or settle their maintenance.
Children, who learn about the dangers of smoking and poor diet at school, should also be taught about the value of marriage, she said. Lady Deech spoke out after a series of multi-million-pound divorce payouts to wives who have been married to rich men for only a short time. Lady Deech said women of working age without young children to support should be expected to look after themselves. And she blamed judges for creating a 'half-and-half' divorce law without any reference to Parliament. Earlier this month a legal firm claimed that women are trying to get their divorces heard in the south of England and men in the north because of differing approaches to division of assets. Northern courts apparently tend to hand out one-off 'clean break' settlements while southern judges are increasingly likely to give a lifelong income to a wife. Lady Deech, a crossbencher given a life peerage by Tony Blair in 2005, said: 'The notion that a wife should get half of the joint assets of a couple after even a short, childless marriage has crept up on us without any parliamentary legislation to this effect.' She added: 'It is no wonder that England is the divorce capital of Europe and out of step with other European countries.' Women who expect equality at work should not suddenly be treated as kept women when they divorce, she said in a public lecture at Gresham College, an independent educational institution in London. Lady Deech said the law should be reformed to discourage 'quickie' divorces.
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