It’s not that bad,” shrugs a French banker friend over lunch. “In some ways it’s a relief.” A quarter of his wealth has disappeared as his bank’s share price has plummeted in recent months and as a result he has put an architectural project on hold. “Now I have an excuse to kill it,” he explains. “It was getting to…

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Synopsis: A city fund manager is attempting to have his March 2008 divorce settlement re-written because of the collapse in the value of his assets. A report in the Times gives details of a financier, Brian Myerson, who is seeking to overturn the divorce settlement he made in favour of his ex-wife in March 2008. The court order gave Mrs…

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