One of Germany’s wealthiest women is seeking to enforce a pre-nuptial agreement that would leave her former investment banker husband with nothing in the latest landmark divorce case to hit UK courts. Katrin Radmacher, a paper industry heiress, claims that her estranged spouse is reneging on an agreement not to make a claim against her in event of a separation. The case could overturn the principle that pre-nuptial contracts, widely recognised in Europe and the US, are not legally binding in the UK.
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