Pilot ordered to stop harassing ex-wife in 20-year divorce fight
A RETIRED pilot was yesterday barred from harassing his ex-wife in the latest round of a marathon divorce battle spanning 20 years.
Ex-BA captain Richard Wilmot was further banned from making any more applications for court orders without the permission of a judge.
A High Court judge made the orders after concluding that Mr Wilmot had “grossly harassed” Viki Maughan and her legal representatives.
Mr Justice Mostyn described the case as one of the worst examples of “vexatious litigation misconduct” and said Mr Wilmot had led to his ex-wife running up legal bills of more than £40,000.
The judge made an order under protection from harassment law, which bars Mr Wilmot from “pursuing any conduct” that amounts to harassment, and a “general civil restraint order”, which stops him making court applications without permission. He also ordered Mr Wilmot to pick up his ex-wife’s lawyers’ bills.
Mr Justice Mostyn spelled out the orders in a ruling after analysing evidence at a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London earlier this month.
The judge said divorce court proceedings had started in 1999 after the couple’s “ill-fated marriage” ended.
He had heard that Mr Wilmot, Former BA captain Richard Wilmot had links to a string of lavish houses, including this one, during a marathon battle with ex Viki Maughan, right
who has current or past links to properties in Kent, Somerset and the Isle of Man, had flown with British Airways and Turkish Airlines.
In his ruling the judge said there was no doubt Mr Wilmot was “an exceptionally vexatious litigant”, nor any doubt that he had harassed his ex-wife and her lawyers with an “unrestrained campaign”.
He said a “torrent” of emails, making a variety of allegations, had been unleashed. Early last year, Mr Justice Mostyn had ordered Mr Wilmot to pay his Ms Maughan nearly £600,000, a sum which included money owed for child support and legal bills.
The judge also imposed an email ban on MrWilmot after his ex-wife complained about messages sent to her solicitor.
He said MrWilmot had breached that email ban and sent the solicitor dozens of messages.