22 Jul 2009
WLK v. TMC
- Citation
- WLK v. TMC
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV339/2008
The Court of Appeal concluded the trial judge erred in characterising the union as a short marriage and in failing to engage the sharing and compensation strands; the trial judge also misassessed the husband's asset pool by accepting late self‑serving reductions and by failing to add back repayments and set‑offs that reduced the apparent assets. On that basis the appeal was allowed, the lower order set aside and a materially larger lump sum award was ordered to achieve fairness between the parties.