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Revealed: divorce software error hits thousands of settlements
Exclusive: Ministry of Justice urgently examining extent of Form E fault which miscalculated spouses’ financial worth
Thousands of couples who have settled their divorces in the last 20 months may have to re-open negotiations because a critical fault has been found in software used to calculate financial terms.
The Ministry of Justice was urgently investigating the extent of the errors of “Form E” on its website, which have the potential to inflate the financial worth of a wife or husband. It has published an email address – [email protected] – asking anyone who believes they have been affected to contact the department.
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Matheson-Durrant told the Guardian: “Having discovered the fault and advised the MoJ, it became apparent that not a single solicitor, barrister or judge in the whole of the UK had noticed this error. It is such a critical fault. This form has been used in training so it will also have been seen by paralegals, university law departments and the Law Society.”
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When she reported the mistake to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, part of the MoJ, earlier this month it admitted to her that Form E was at fault and eventually, after repeated promptings, rectified the software. It made no public announcement about the error.
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/17/revealed-divorce-software-error-to-hit-thousands-of-settlements
Thousands of couples who have settled their divorces in the last 20 months may have to re-open negotiations because a critical fault has been found in software used to calculate financial terms.
The Ministry of Justice was urgently investigating the extent of the errors of “Form E” on its website, which have the potential to inflate the financial worth of a wife or husband. It has published an email address – [email protected] – asking anyone who believes they have been affected to contact the department.
...
Matheson-Durrant told the Guardian: “Having discovered the fault and advised the MoJ, it became apparent that not a single solicitor, barrister or judge in the whole of the UK had noticed this error. It is such a critical fault. This form has been used in training so it will also have been seen by paralegals, university law departments and the Law Society.”
...
When she reported the mistake to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service, part of the MoJ, earlier this month it admitted to her that Form E was at fault and eventually, after repeated promptings, rectified the software. It made no public announcement about the error.
http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/17/revealed-divorce-software-error-to-hit-thousands-of-settlements
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