No agreement in McCartney divorce
The hearing took place behind closed doors
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have failed to reach agreement over a financial settlement in their High Court divorce case.
The settlement will be decided at a later date by Mr Justice Bennett after he reserved judgement on the case.
It has been suggested the financial settlement could break records. Divorce experts have suggested that, based on recent cases, Ms Mills could walk away with £60m of Sir Paul's estimated £825m. That would make it the biggest settlement of its kind in a British court. The current record res
ts with businessman John Charman who was ordered to pay £48m to his ex-wife last year. Brits prize It has been an odd and at times surreal experience David Sillito, BBC News entertainment reporter Reporting the divorce case Ms Mills, who has been representing herself throughout the he
aring, smiled at waiting reporters as she left court. Sir Paul, 65 - thought to be rehearsing for Wednesday night's Brit Awards where he will receive a special prize for outstanding contribution to music - was not in court on Monday. Mr Justice Bennett's judgement, due in the next few weeks, wil
l be binding on both parties and may never be known to the outside world. Any financial settlement will not be made public unless the case goes to the Court of Appeal. But his judgement could be challenged there if either side is unhappy. Ms Mills would have put forward a case of where sh
e wants to live, what homes she needs, what expenses she's got and what security she needs Alan Kaufman, divorce lawyer Under those circumstances, the case - which has so far remained behind closed doors - would become public, with all arguments in the public domain. Divorce lawyer Alan Kaufma
n told the BBC News website that Mr Justice Bennett would have "a hard job" in deciding what was a fair proportion of Sir Paul's wealth to give to Ms Mills. Factors that could be taken into account includ the short duration of the marriage and the fact that most of the wealth was created before th
e marriage, he said. "But how far does he go? He's got to look at what are her actual needs. "Ms Mills would have put forward a case of where she wants to live, what homes she needs, what expenses she's got and what security she needs." 'Well-prinicipled' The judge would also have to bear in
mind that, if either party were unhappy with his judgement, it would have to "look sound and well-principled so it's not subject to criticism in a higher court if one of them decides to appeal", Mr Kaufman added. "So all those things are the things going through this poor judge's mind," he added.
Ms Mills, 40, who lost part of a leg in a road accident in 1993, married Sir Paul in June 2002, four years after the death of his first wife Linda from breast cancer. The couple, who have a four-year-old daughter Beatrice together, announced the end of their marriage in 2006. She was counting
out the window of the outbound train All the poles of the telegraph And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails Couldn't make the sweet bird laugh TOMMY'S COMING HOME LYRICS (McCartney/MacManus) (McCartney/MacManus) She was counting out the window of the outbound train All the poles
of the telegraph And the rock-a-bye rhythm in the song of the rails Couldn't make the sweeper laugh Down down down so deep Down down drowning in his sleep Tommy's coming home again And a hawk hovered high above a skinny jackrabbit Pursued by a hungry fox And a broker awoke her from a fitful slumb
er Then consulted his shares and his stocks Down down down they go Down down how he'll never know Tommy's coming home again And it's almost April Fools' Day As he glanced on his paper looking through the veil (?) He could see she was really upset As she tucked back the ribbon in a velvet box As he
offered her a cigarette Down down down she took a drag Now he's covered in a flag Tommy's coming home again And it's almost April Fools' Day Almost April Fools' Day And the joke's on everyone He had that premonition Only dead men dwell upon But how could he know that only twelve months later She
would wear her skirt up over her knee And in the very same carriage she'd be flattened with roses And forget the tears of bigotry (?) Down down down they flow Now now now it just don't matter anymore Tommy made it home again When it was almost April Fools' Day Almost April Fools' Day And the joke
's on everyone He had that premonition Only dead men dwell upon Tommy's coming home again Tommy's coming home again Tommy's coming home Thanks to Fernando Garcia for the pics !!!!!

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