Sir Paul McCartney

Profession: Musician
Place/Date of Birth: Liverpool , 18 June 1942
Associated with: Heather Mills, Stella McCartney

Macca divorce deal talks to resume - Feb 12 2008
Sir Paul McCartney and Heather Mills are set to return to court to continue thrashing out a divorce settlement.

There was no sign of an agreement having been reached on Monday after the first of a scheduled five days at the High Court.

What happened could’ve been the greatest divorce court drama in British legal history as Heather fought for her share of the former Beatle’s estimated £825 million fortune.

But the only information from Court 34 of the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London, was on the door - Private No Admittance.

Macca and Heather - who’s said to be representing herself - will be battling over money and access to their four-year-old daughter after a marriage that lasted less than four years.

Macca’s at risk of now facing the biggest payout in British legal history.

But unless one of them takes issue with the settlement being hammered out behind closed doors in the Family Division of the High Court and goes to the Court of Appeal, the figures and details may never be known to the outside world.

There’s been speculation among divorce experts, based on recent big money cases, that the settlement could reach £60 million. Lawyers agree there are many imponderables which could limit Heather’s payout, including the marriage’s shortness and the fact the bulk of Macca’s fortune was amassed long before the couple met. Their daughter’s future will also figure large in the negotiations.

The hearing, before Mr Justice Bennett, concerns the financial aspects of the divorce.

McCartney returns to court - Feb 11 2008
Sir Paul McCartney, the most successful musician in pop history, is returning to court to try to reach a settlement over his failed marriage.

The former Beatle faces his estranged wife, Heather Mills, across a courtroom where they will be battling over money and access to their child after a marriage that lasted less than four years.

He married Mills in June 2002 just four years after his first wife, Linda, died of breast cancer.

Sir Paul, with 60 gold discs and 100 million singles sales, has a personal fortune estimated at £825 million - putting him at risk of facing the biggest payout in British legal history.

But unless one of the McCartneys takes issue with the settlement being hammered out behind closed doors in the Family Division of the High Court and goes to the Court of Appeal, the figures and details will never be known to the outside world.

There has been speculation among divorce experts, based on recent big money cases, that the settlement could reach £60 million. This would exceed the record £48 million businessman John Charman was told by the courts to pay his former wife in May last year.

But lawyers agree there are many imponderables which could limit Mills’ payout, including the shortness of the marriage and fact that the bulk of Sir Paul’s fortune was amassed decades before the couple met.

They have a three-year-old daughter, Beatrice, whose future will also figure large in the negotiations.

Macca marriage to end in courtroom - Feb 8 2008
It should have been a fairytale ending when the most successful musician in pop history married a beautiful former model.

But next Monday Sir Paul McCartney faces his estranged wife, Heather Mills, across a courtroom where they will be battling to reach a divorce settlement after a marriage that lasted less than four years.

With the former Beatle’s fortune estimated at £825 million, it has the potential to be the most costly divorce in British legal history.

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Biography

Paul McCartney was born in Liverpool on June 18, 1942 to James and Mary McCartney. He was raised in the city and educated at The Liverpool Institute.

At the age of 15 he met John Lennon. Together with George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they formed the most successful group in the history of music--the Beatles.

Since the Beatles, Paul has released 21 albums and staged three world tours, while evolving into classical composition, film-making and actively campaigning for ecology and animal rights After the Beatles split up in 1970, Paul embarked on a solo career before forming the group Wings with his wife, American Linda McCartney, which had some success but never to the scale of the Beatles, That has never yet again been seen, (even now)

His solo period during the eighties culminated with charity performances at Live Aid and for The Prince of Wales Trust, leading him to get back on the road again. Since 1990, Paul McCartney has traveled over 800,000 miles in concert through 22 countries, setting, along the way, the Guinness world record for the largest stadium crowd in the history of rock and roll--184,000 in Rio de Janeiro. During the same time, he also established the "MTV Unplugged" vogue and then performed his acoustic show in clubs and pubs around Europe.

In 1991, Paul staged the performance of his first classical work, "The Liverpool Oratorio", which has since been performed in more than 50 cities worldwide. In 1995--the 30th anniversary of his most acclaimed song, "Yesterday"-- Paul’s second classical work, "A Leaf," was performed at a benefit concert he organized for the Royal College of Music at St. James Palace. Paul composed a major orchestral work, commissioned to mark the 100th anniversary of EMI Records.

In recognition of his work for all music, Paul was recently appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Music, the U.K.’s highest musical honour. Aside from his music, Paul McCartney campaigns for Greenpeace, Friends of The Earth and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. He and his wife Linda are the new patrons of the British Vegetarian Society. He is also the chief patron of The Liverpool Institute for the Performing Arts, a new school similar to New York’s High School of the Performing Arts, which will open in his hometown in 1996. Paul has also developed his interest in film-making. His first production, "Daumier’s Law," won the top prize in 1992 at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

His latest short feature, "Grateful Dead, A Photofilm," will be entered in the London Film Festival at the invitation of the British Film Institute. He was also knighted by the Queen and made a ’Sir’ Paul and Linda had three children between them as well as Linda daughter from a previous marriage, which Paul adopted as his own. Linda died of breast cancer in 1998, she was only 56.

All of their children are a success in their own right Stella McCartney is head designer at Gucci after a very successful stint as head designer for Chloe and daughter Mary is a successful photographer just as her mother Linda was before her.

Three years after the death of his first wife Paul met Heather Mills at a charity event where Mills was raising financial assistance for the Heather Mills Trust, a foundation providing artificial limbs to war victims across the globe. Mills, a former swimsuit model, lost her left leg below the knee in 1993 after being hit by a police motorcyclist.
March 2008