There is no magic formula. The court must assess the assets and distribute to provide a fair outcome. The court has wide powers to redistribute assets by ordering sales or transfers of property, payments of lump sums of capital and transfers of other assets and to share pensions. Orders for maintenance can also be made.  A fair outcome will depend on numerous factors, in particular the needs of the parties and most importantly any children, as well as the parties’ resources and the length of the marriage. There is a presumption of an equal division of capital (and pensions) unless there is a very good reason to depart from equality. The law does distinguish between ‘Matrimonial Property’  and ‘Non Matrimonial Property’; the latter is not subject to the presumption of equal division but is still brought into account in the general consideration of fairness.