And so the dusty wheels of the English justice system start turning. Ever read Charles Dickens' Bleak House? The first few chapters sum it up pretty well.

Actually, Dickens has always made me laugh. His characters always have great names. You get people like "Mrs Lovely" and "Mr Complete-Bastard". I guess its a bit like sitcoms sticking on laughter tracks so the audience knows when something amusing has just happened.

But I digress. The deal is this. I have to come up with 5 examples of unreasonable behaviour (being a little naughty between someone else's sheets apparently doesn't count.) Total cost will be about 500 pounds sterling. The first visit to the lawyer was free... but then the first of most things generally are.

Forms get signed, cash changes hands and then, as if by magic, within 3 months the last 11 years will be as if they never happened. Oh happy day.