We have come across several such reports where someone’s name gets wrong in the government papers or at times it has also been seen that the property papers get transferred to someone else’s name because of minor errors. A similar incident happened in the United Kingdom, a married couple got divorced without settlement because of a minor negligence of a clerk.
As per the media reports, an unfortunate mixing up of the details at a London-based law firm, Vardag has resulted in an accidental divorce of an alienated couple. The couple, identified in court as Mr and Mrs Williams, had been married for the past 21 years and were in the middle of negotiating their separation. Meanwhile, their divorce was prematurely finalised because of a clerical mistake.
The incident was spotted when the lawyers at the Vardags law firm, representing the wife, mistakenly finalised the divorce order for the couple while handling the paperwork for another client.
The divorce application was reportedly approved by the court in 21 minutes and the error was found after several days. Later, the judge looked into the case and said the mistake was irreversible, leaving the couple divorced. Following the decision, Mrs Williams tried to undo their accidental divorce. The president of the family court division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, rejected the request.
He asked the couple to respect the ‘certainty and finality that flows from a divorce order and maintaining the status quo it has established.’
As per the media reports, the Vardags law firm is founded by Ayesha Vardag. The firm has represented several high-profile clients so far. Ayesha Vardag, on the other hand, is known as the diva of divorce as she primarily handles so many divorce cases.
After the rejection from the president of the family court, Ayesha Vardag said, “This is a bad decision. The state should not be divorcing people based on a clerical error.”
She further added, “There has to be intention on the part of the person divorcing because the principle of intention underpins the justice of our legal system. ” She also said that when the mistake was brought to a court’s attention and everyone has accepted it, then the court should consider undoing the same.
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