I am concerned that the parties' marital and financial relationship was designed, in whole or in part, to mislead Canadian immigration authorities and/or Chinese currency regulators, Branch wrote in a judgment on Tuesday (new window). The parties' conflicts during the marriage at least suggest that they were trying to wrestle with their problems rather than simply biding their time before a pre-planned divorce, Branch wrote. Then, just two weeks after the divorce, his ex-wife purported to lend him $600,000, the judge wrote. If the respondent required funds, one would have assumed that his ex-wife would have been one of his last options, not his first, Branch wrote. In his divorce order, Branch equally divided ownership of the disputed jewellery and awarded He 75-per-cent ownership of the UBC apartment.

Source: CBC News August 18, 2023 17:32 UTC