BRACERS Record Detail for 130916
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"I am satisfied that every possible point in your favour was made by your Counsel, but to deal first with the other side's case, the burden of the argument was that you were a successful man of letters, who had earned a large income in the past, and could confidently expect to maintain his earnings at their previous level, while Dora had virtually no source of income, other than a School which could not be expected to yield any profit for some years to come. In those circumstances it was said that the Petitioner was entitled to a substantial sum, a considerable portion of which, having regard to your investments and your reversionary interest, ought to be secured."