What does ancillary relief mean?
This is a clumsy expression. It means all the financial aspects of your divorce – the house, the car, the savings, the pensions, the bank accounts, the contents of the house, the debts, the income, the outgoings, etc… You have a financial relationship with your ex-‘other half’, and you will need to sort it out. The divorce procedure doesn’t do this automatically. It will come as no surprise to learn that the costs of this aspect of your divorce depend entirely on how complicated your financial picture is, and how difficult it will be to divide it between you both and enable you to go your separate ways. To give you some idea of the costs involved, if you and the other side can reach an agreement fairly easily, with, say, only a couple of details to clarify, we could document your agreement for you for around £300 – £400. But if it is necessary to seek the assistance of the court in finding the fair answer, your costs will inevitably be far more. Around £300 – £500 per visit to court,
