"It follows recent trends whereby inherited property has been ring–fenced in divorce proceedings where it has not been relied upon during the marriage. One must question whether this is encouraging parties to argue over who is financially responsible for the family whilst they are still happily married." Linda Jones, a family law specialist at Brethertons in Rugby, said that traditionally, any money accrued during a marriage was considered a joint asset. She added: "This case highlights the chaos that the law is in. The woman won this money with income generated in the course of the marriage and so one would expect it to have been split equally. But judges interpret things in different ways and so people getting divorced have no solid guidelines on how their assets will be divided.