A leading divorce lawyer has warned that the countrywide coronavirus lockdown could ruin thousands of relationships. Vanessa Lloyd Platt says her busiest times are usually in September, after the summer holidays, and when the festive season has finished.
In other words, when families have been holed up together for an extended period of time. But the celebrity divorce lawyer expects to see a spike in the number of couples wanting to split once the nation has stopped self-isolating.
Vanessa says: “The evidence is that if parties are forced to spend time together with competitive approaches to family – who is to look after the children or clear up or simple household tasks? – there appears to be an explosion of selfishness perceived by the