AN artist who misplaced a bitter battle along with her millionaire ex claimed she is “dwelling on advantages” regardless of a £72k divorce payout.
High barrister Jason Galbraith-Marten, 57, and his Australian painter ex Catherine de Renée have been battling in divorce courts within the UK and down underneath since their marriage failed in 2009.
Champion Information ServiceCatherine De Renee, 44, who specialises in ‘sensual’ feminine portraits, was described as ‘vindictive’ by the decide[/caption]
Champion Information ServiceKC Jason Galbraith-Marten, 57, has received the newest leg of a 16-year bitter divorce battle within the courts in opposition to his ex-wife[/caption]
Champion Information ServiceDe Renée was sad though she acquired £72k[/caption]
De Renée, 45, specialises in “erotic” feminine portraits, with titles similar to Molten Thunder and The Debutante – that she mentioned created a “temper stuffed with drama, depth and lingering eroticism”.
She misplaced an try to extend her divorce payout from her former husband after 16 years of “livid litigation”.
De Renée was beforehand sad with a monetary settlement reached in Australia, during which she was handed simply £72,500 of the marital property.
She mentioned she was left counting on advantages, while her millionaire barrister ex continued dwelling within the £1.6m former matrimonial residence in Fulham together with his new accomplice.
The painter’s first try to have the divorce settlement elevated was rejected in 2016.
Nevertheless, de Renée has pursued additional authorized claims primarily centered on upkeep funds for her teenage daughter, whom she had with Galbraith-Marten.
In 2022 De Renée initially succeeded in having these month-to-month funds raised from £1,315 to £2,684.
However the quantity was decreased to £1,960 after a court docket assessed her former husband’s tax return.
Now the barrister has defeated her try to reopen the authorized battle.
Galbraith-Marten obtained a two-year extension to a civil restraint order that bans her from suing him on “vexatious” or “unmeritorious” grounds.
Granting Galbraith-Marten’s software, Mr Justice Cobb described the dispute as “miserable” and famous that the pair had been litigating in England and Australia since 2009.
The decide summarised the barrister’s argument that, since a civil restraint order was made in 2019, his former spouse had “proven little signal of letting up in her unwavering ambition to reopen the long-since-concluded matrimonial litigation”.
The order was prolonged in 2022 however expired late final yr.
The court docket was informed De Renée had a number of authorized functions lined up in opposition to the barrister.
And simply this month Galbraith-Marten utilized to increase the order for one more two years, by which period their daughter shall be older than 18.
The decide mentioned De Renée had displayed a “persevering with fixation” along with her former husband’s alleged failure to reveal monetary info that went again twenty years.
He mentioned an extension of the order was additionally needed to guard the finite sources of the court docket.
Mr Justice Cobb, in a December 2023 judgement, mentioned: “[The mother] has spent all of [her daughter’s] life placing her personal warped sense of actuality earlier than any care or consideration of [her daughter’s] finest pursuits.
“She has come throughout throughout these proceedings as nasty, vindictive and self-absorbed.”
Mr Galbraith-Marten is a prime employment regulation specialist who took silk in 2014.
He and his painter ex had been collectively for 2 and half years and had one daughter earlier than the wedding collapsed in 2009.
Champion Information ServiceThe £1.6m former matrimonial residence in Fulham[/caption]