Lawyer wins divorce battle over payout to ex-wife - after 16 YEARS

A top barrister has won a fight to block his 'nasty, vindictive and self-absorbed' artist ex-wife's 'vexatious' court fight for more divorce cash, after 16 years of 'furious litigation'.

KC Jason Galbraith-Marten, 57, and his Australian painter ex Catherine de Renée, have been battling in divorce courts in the UK and Australia since their two-and-a-half-year marriage failed in 2009.

Ms De Renee, 44, who specialises in 'sensual' female portraits, which she says create a 'mood filled with drama, intensity and lingering eroticism,' was unhappy with a financial settlement reached in Australia, in which she was handed £72,500 of the marital assets.

She said she was left relying on benefits, while her millionaire barrister ex continued living in their £1.6 million home in Fulham with his new partner.

In the 16-year battle judges have described her as 'nasty, vindictive and self-absorbed' after she made a series of false allegations against her ex inc...
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