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In a recent case where: a) the appointer was the mum; b) the trustee was a company 50:50 owned by 2 sons a wife wasn't able to claim against one of the sons (trustees) during divorce as it couldn't be proved he had 'control'. Obviously it varies case by case, there were also circumstances...

Correct Terry. I'd like at it this way though, OP. If you have a lot of money and was self-made, you shouldn't worry if your wife takes 50% of it, because you obviously have the skills to rebuild. You'll move on to do bigger things, provided you're not 65. If you don't have a lot of...

There is no bullet proof way. The safest is to use a trust, but as Aaron_C mentions, depending on who the trustee or appointer is the assets may be deemed to belong to you. Eg if you were both the sole appointer and sole trustee, the court would very likely make a ruling against you, in...