A case decided by the House of Lords in November 2000 which radically altered the whole direction of English financial provision law. The case warned against gender discrimination. Said wrong to refer to ‘reasonable requirements’ instead of ‘basic needs.’ Said there must be good reasons to depart from equality, certainly where assets exceed needs. Now showing a bigger contribution by the bread winner rather than by the wife, mother, home maker etc., as a reason to depart from equality will be very difficult. Equality of assets is not always the same as equality of outcome and court takes account of different assets e.g., illiquidity, risk aspects of certain assets etc.