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UK statistics of divorce 2011 (survey graphic)

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Infographic, Personal | Tags: statistics, survey, report, UK, divorce, 2011, marriage, matrimonial, Imerman, Radmacher, break-up, concealing assets, ruling

UK statistics of divorce 2011

More relationships break up at the start of the year than at any other time – a phenomenon known as the ‘January jilt’.

Our 2011 matrimonial survey of leading UK family lawyers reveals some of the key statistics of UK divorce: at what point in the marriage they are they most likely to happen, for what reason, who are the main instigators, how many cases are concealing assets and more…

Click on the image to bring up a larger version of the graphic. Or read on to find out more…

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Locations of offshore tax jurisdictions (infographic)

Thursday, January 21, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business, Infographic, Protecting your wealth | Tags: tax, finance, offshore, infographic, banking, tax haven, IMF, jurisdiction

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While most people think of the traditional tax haven as being somewhere like Switzerland or Bermuda, there are in fact more than 60 offshore financial centres around the world, according to the IMF.

Grant Thornton’s latest infographic shows the scale and global spread of such offshore tax jurisdictions, locating them by country, city and island/political region…

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Reasons for divorce vs state of the economy infographic

Tuesday, September 29, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Infographic | Tags: statistics, recession, survey, infographic, chart, divorce, marriage, credit crunch, reasons for divorce

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Marriages are supposed to be ‘for better or worse’, but how sturdy are they in a depressed economy?

Grant Thornton’s Boom or bust for divorce? survey, released this summer, saw family lawyers predicting a fall in the number of UK divorces as couples discover they can’t afford to split. But, as our new divorce infographic shows, rows over finances are on the rise. Read on to see how this – and other reasons for divorce – have changed between 2003 and 2008.

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