
Expat Divorce: A Guide for British Nationals Living Overseas
Key Takeaways You do not have to be living in the UK to divorce through the English courts. What matters is whether you meet the

Key Takeaways You do not have to be living in the UK to divorce through the English courts. What matters is whether you meet the

Key Takeaways A consent order carries a £62 court fee, plus the cost of having it drafted. The court fee is the same wherever you

Key Takeaways A clean break order ends all financial ties between you and your partner, so neither can make a future claim against the other.

Key Takeaways There’s no separate charge for the divorce papers themselves. What you pay is the court fee to submit the application. As of July

Key Takeaways Every route to a consent order shares the same £62 court fee. The difference in cost is in how the order gets drafted.

Key Takeaways Yes. Plenty of London firms offer fixed-fee divorce, though what’s included varies from firm to firm. Fixed fees suit straightforward, uncontested divorces. Complex

Key Takeaways The median time to complete a divorce in England and Wales reached 42 weeks in 2025, the longest since records began and up

Key Takeaways A final order legally ends a marriage, but it doesn’t divide a couple’s money. That requires a separate financial order approved by the

Key Takeaways A fixed-fee divorce gives you one agreed price upfront, so you know the cost before the work starts. It suits straightforward, uncontested cases

Key Takeaways Joint applications, which allow a couple to divorce together rather than one party filing against the other, didn’t exist before April 2022. The