Wrong couple get divorced after solicitor ‘clicks wrong button’

Ayesha Vardag, the self-styled ‘diva of divorce’, has said the judge reached a ‘bad decision’. Photograph: Antonio Olmos

A couple were divorced by mistake after solicitors at a leading law firm made a computer error but a senior judge has said it cannot be overturned.

The couple, referred to as Mr and Mrs Williams by the high court, were married for 21 years until they separated in 2023.