Binding Financial Agreements (BFA’s) or prenups as they are commonly
known are meant to be voluntary, and each party must enter into the agreement
of their own free will, and not because they have been pressured into it by the
other party. The High Court will consider
the issue of “duress” in the matter of Kennedy &
Thorne [2016] FamCAFC 189 where Ms Thorne
claims she was forced to sign the binding financial agreement — because her
husband-to-be, “Mr Kennedy”, said he would cancel the wedding if she
refused. Her legal team...
