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INTRO | | Mick Jagger decided to contest Jerry Hall's call for divorce. He said they were never legally married in the first place. We heard from two lawyers, Vanessa Lloyd-Platt and Mark Stevens. |
IN FULL | |  | Listen to the report in full |
 |  | 21st January 1999 Mick Jagger and Jerry Hall's divorce |
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| NEWS 1 | | There are two schools of thought at the moment out there amongst lawyers: one school of thought is – as it is aninvalid marriage she ranks as a co-habitee and therefore does not have the same rights as a wife. The other school of thought is that she will simply convert her divorce petition into what’s known as an annulity petition, and that will give her the same rights and claims as a wife, even though the marriage wasn’t valid.(Vanessa Lloyd-Platt) |
WORDS | | school of thought: a theory or opinion shared by a group of people invalid: not legally acceptable co-habitee: someone who is living with another person and having a sexual relationship |
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| NEWS 2 | | She would be entitled to just the same rights over the children, and just the same rights to income support and maintenance for the children as if they had been married. There are precedents for this, and as a consequence of that I think Mick Jagger has shot himself in the foot.(Mark Stevens) |
| WORDS | | entitled: to have the right to have or do something maintenance: the money paid by someone who is divorced to their former wife or husband to support the family precedents: in legal terms a 'precedent' is an action or decision which can be used to give legal support to later actions or decisions shot himself in the foot: to create problems for yourself |
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