Christine McGuinness is reportedly enlisting the help of a ‘pitbull’ celebrity divorce lawyer as she fights for a multi-million pound divorce settlement after splitting from Paddy.
The television personality, 35, and the presenter, 50, announced they had parted ways in July 2022 after 11 years of marriage.
The amicable former couple still live together in their family home to co-parent their children, twins Felicity and Leo, 10, and daughter Penelope, seven – who all have autism.
Model Christine is said to be determined to stay in the £4million home with her children.
Lawyer Catherine Bedford, 52, has a had a number of big-name clients in the past, including Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner who she helped in her divorce from US pop star Joe Jonas.
Christine McGuinness is reportedly enlisting the help of a ‘pitbull’ celebrity divorce lawyer as she fights for a multi-million pound divorce settlement after splitting from Paddy (Christine and Paddy pictured in 2021)
Model Christine is said to be determined to stay in the £4million home with her children and has sought the help of lawyer Catherine Bedford (Catherine pictured last year)
It is also claimed she helped Ant McPartlin’s ex-wife Lisa Armstrong get a reported £31million pay-out in their divorce.
Catherine, who has been branded a ‘pitbull’ in American media, is due to represent Christine in London on Tuesday.
A source told The Sun: ‘Christine really wanted to work with a woman during her divorce and Catherine is one of the best in the business.
‘Christine wants to stay in the house she’s lived in as a family for many years. She’s poured many hours of love, care and attention into it.
‘It would be heartbreaking to have to leave the property after all this time and uproot her life.’
MailOnline has contacted a representative for Christine for comment.
Catherine, who is a senior partner with top London law firm Harbottle and Lewis, was also involved in billionaire royal ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s three-year legal battle with his ex-wife Princess Haya bint Hussein.
The Harbottle and Lewis website states: ‘Depending on each client’s needs, Catherine’s approach is tailor made – whether that be successful negotiating outside of the court process or tough litigating within it.’
Lawyer Catherine Bedford, 52, has a had a number of big-name clients in the past, including Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner who she helped in her divorce from US pop star Joe Jonas (Catherine, left, and Sophie, right, pictured last year)
According to the website, partners charge £535 an hour but it is likely Catherine, who was named family lawyer of the year in 2022, will charge more.
It comes after it was reported Christine was left ‘devastated’ after she found out her estranged Paddy is making a ‘mockumentary about their divorce’.
According to The Sun, a friend close to Christine has revealed that she found out about Paddy’s plan after ready about it online.
They told the publication: ‘Christine is distraught that their divorce is going to be the butt of the jokes.
‘She’s completely broken over the divorce and we are genuinely worried about her.
‘Paddy didn’t tell her about the pilot. The fact she had to find out online, like everyone else, that he was doing this has broken her even more.’
Meanwhile, Christine is ‘trying to carve out’ her own career, following her split from Paddy.
Christine and Paddy still live together in their family home to co-parent their children, twins Felicity and Leo, 10, and daughter Penelope, seven – who all have autism
Christine has said her focus is on supporting their three children, Felicity and twins Leo and Penelope.
She told the Mirror: ‘My main focus for 2024 is going to be on my children, they are always my main focus. Then work, work for myself and trying to carve out a career so that I can always look after my children and give them a future what they want and support them and their needs for as long as possible. That’s really where I’m at right now.
‘I want to try and be more present, which I’m very good at with my children. When I’m with the children, that’s where I’m my most authentic self, and I’m just me. It’s just me at home with the children.
‘I’ll put my phone away and I’m not on social media. I’m not even speaking to friends. I literally I will spend that time with my children as I’m really seeing now that they’re only little for a short time.’
