As experts in the field of Family Law, it is becoming more and more common for parties to seek to put in place (prior to their marriage) a framework which will deal with the division of their assets (and liabilities) in the event that the marriage fails.

This is often requested by those who have already gone through the trauma of a divorce. Although in the eyes of the Law at present. Pre-nuptial contracts are not strictly enforceable, the prevailing view is that a properly drafted pre-nuptial contract prepared in circumstances where full financial disclosure has been made by both parties and where both parties have received independent legal advice, appears to have an increasing bearing on how the Court will deal with the parties' assets on divorce, particularly in short marriage cases where there are no children.

There is an increasing demand for pre- and post-nuptial contracts. This is occuring in particular in cases with an international element (where perhaps the parties come from different countries, with different cultures and traditions) or where one of the parties has previously been divorced.