The issue of actual separation date arose in another reported case from 2023. In that instance, the husband had applied for Decree Absolute (the final divorce document) in April 2023. This was over 10 years after the Decree Nisi (the penultimate divorce document) was pronounced on 18 September 2012. The wife opposed the application and asked the court to revoke the decree nisi as she contended parties had, during the 10 years, reconciled. The parties lived apart from 2013 but cohabited for some months after this, spent holidays together, spent time in each other’s home and socialised together. The Judge again looked at the practical arrangements and actions of the parties. He refused to make the Decree Absolute and rescinded the Decree Nisi from 2012 given that there was a material change of circumstances that invalidated the basis on which the Decree Nisi was made. The financial matters are yet to be determined. The huge wealth amassed by the husband between 2012-2020, reportedly over £100 million, will more likely now be included in the Court’s assessment of the matrimonial assets for division between the parties.