The judge slams the advocate

WHAT Acting Judge Leslie Weinkove said about the advocate:

“It seems to me that the husband planned this divorce prior to the marriage.”

“He was an untruthful witness . . . He persistently used the phrase ‘I have no recollection’. He was argumentative and evasive.”

“Although an officer of the court, [he] withheld . . . relevant documents which he knew, or must have known, the wife was entitled to see.”

“This is another example of the husband’s reckless disregard for the legal process in which he is well versed.”

“The husband failed to disclose his assets and actively concealed assets.”

“It seems sinister to me that [he] formed offshore trusts in countries . . . which maintain levels of secrecy [and] are known to run RECKLESS: Acting Judge Leslie Weinkove banking facilities for people who want to keep their financial affairs secret.”

“It is inconceivable that the husband does not have offshore income and resources. I do not believe him when he said that these trusts are only for the children’s benefit and not for his benefit.”

“If I have regard to the meticulous manner in which the husband kept records of the rates and electricity accounts in respect of the common home so he could claim half of these expenses from the wife, I find it incredible that these trivial statements were so carefully collected but not the documentary proof where he had invested his excluded and other assets.”