By Kashmira Gander for The Independent, 17 December 2014
A High Court judge who was attempting to decide the settlement figure in a divorce case admitted he turned to the works of William Shakespeare for help.
As Mr Justice Mostyn considered the amount a pilates instructor needed following her divorce from a wealthy banker, he considered a passage in Act 2 Scene 4 of King Lear.
The tragedy sees the elderly king deciding to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them is most eloquent in praising him. But Cordelia, his favourite, says nothing.
The judge explained how King Lear had “pointed out” that “needs are exceedingly hard to reason”.
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