Frederick Barclay avoids jail for not paying ex-wife £100m settlement

High court rules businessman’s former wife failed to prove he was in contempt of court

Sir Frederick Barclay has avoided prison for not paying his ex-wife a £100m divorce settlement, after she failed to prove he had access the funds held in a complex web of offshore trusts.

A high court judge ruled the businessman’s wife of 34 years, Hiroko Barclay, had failed to prove he was in contempt of court, but did find he had breached a court order to pay her £185,000 legal fees and £60,000 in monthly maintenance.

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