A little clerical error causes the wrong UK couple to be divorced

We have seen several stories of this kind, where a person’s name appears incorrectly in official documents or, sometimes, when a little mistake causes property documents to be transferred to a different name. A similar instance occurred in the UK, when a clerk’s little carelessness led to the divorce of a married couple without a settlement.

According to media sources, an unintentional divorce between an estranged couple has occurred as a consequence of an unfortunate mix-up of facts at a London-based legal practice called Vardag. The pair, known as Mr. and Mrs. Williams in court, had been together for the previous twenty-one years and were now in the process of working out their separation. In the meantime, a clerical error led to the premature finalization of their divorce.

The issue came to light when the wife’s attorneys at the Vardags law firm accidentally finalized the couple’s divorce decree while taking care of paperwork for another client.

The mistake was discovered a few days after the divorce application was purportedly accepted by the court in only twenty-one minutes. Following further investigation, the court declared that the error was irrevocable, resulting in the couple’s divorce. After the ruling, Mrs. Williams made an attempt to reverse their unintentional divorce. Sir Andrew McFarlane, the head of the family court division, turned down the plea.

In order to preserve the status quo that has been established, he requested that the couple respect the “certainty and finality that flow from a divorce order.”

According to media accounts, Ayesha Vardag started the Vardags legal company. Thus far, the company has acted on behalf of a number of well-known clients. On the other side, since she mostly handles divorce cases, Ayesha Vardag is referred to as the “diva” of divorce.

Following the family court president’s refusal, Ayesha Vardag said, “This is a bad decision.” People shouldn’t be being divorced by the state because of a typing mistake.

“The principle of intention underpins the justice of our legal system, so there must be intention on the part of the person divorcing,” she said. She said that the court needs to think about going back and fixing the same thing once everyone involved in the error acknowledges it.