mag Event Books Promos Rewards Mail Shopping Bingo Horoscopes Property Motoring Columnists Stats Login . Cookie Policy Feedback DailyMail Monday, Oct 13th 2014 4PM 14°C 7PM 12°C 5-Day Forecast High-flying wife who gave up her job to look after her children fights her accountant ex-husband for a bigger slice of their £11m fortune - because she 'sacrificed her career'

Julia Hammans (centre), married accountant Nicholas Hammans (right) in 1983 and, when she became pregnant in 1989, 'agreed' to give up her job as a company financial director, to care for the family. The couple enjoyed a high standard of living on the husband's 'very big earnings' until they split in 2004. However, after a judge divided the family fortune - which the wife values at £11m - she says her income is 10 times smaller than that of her ex, and she is being forced to sell her £1.75m home in Twickenham, Middlesex (top left).