2.5 years marriage she wants £100k

We were married for 2.5 years no children this is second marriage. I owned my house( had paid mortgage off already) before my wife moved in 4 months before marriage. She was renting a flat and never owned a property before she did not pay any of the utility bills only shared food and holiday money together.
2 years later she moved out we got divorced however her lawyers are claiming that my assets should be divided 60/40
My house which is mortgage free valuation around £275k
I am 60 she is 48 both in full time work she earns £27k I earn £32k
I cashed in my 2 pensions from previous companies total £20k plus my rest of savings total £ 32000
I have 2 grown up children 24 and 26 at uni I give them between £150 and £200 per month each I also have £10000 loan for my daughter at university pay £400 per month.
I went to bamk to get a loan and they give me £25k as my age is getting near retirement and my job finishes in around 1 year and half and does not take me to retirement age.Bank wants me to pay before I reach 66.
I offered her £40000 but she wants £105000 and her lawyer says as has around 11000 in her savings they like to receive £93000 they suggest that I borrow £60k then plus my existing money I should be able to pay her.
Is this fair? My ex never paid any bills my house was bought before I met her and its in my name.
Will court treat me better?
Her lawyers say they court divide my assets into 1/3 approximately
Please can you help me ?
Please tell me what to do
My lawyer has charged me £10800 so far and at the beginning told me don’t worry we only pay her maximum £30k but now that her solicitors come with strong attack he says oh best to pay her £50 or £60k and avoid going to court
I don’t want to lose my house which I worked all my life to own it
Please help?
Do I need a barrister? Don’t know what to do next

I see you haven''t had a reply, so I suppose I had better try.

If the facts are as you describe ( a marriage of two years'' duration, no dependent children, no contribution from her, you''re the higher earner but not by much ) ) I personally would be surprised if she got anywhere near 60%.

There have been one or two cases ( notably the notorious C v C ) where the Courts have made a pretty generous award for a short marriage, but this was a case where a young child was involved.

What we see on wiki is divorcing wives getting 60% or more of the equity, but this presupposes a marriage rather longer than 2 years.

When you say 60/40, who gets the 60 ?

I think that even 40% is too high on these facts and I''d have thought 20-25% might be a bit more likely and even that may be on the high side.

Seems to be a case of a short marriage, and normally if you put little in you shouldn''t expect much.

I''d be interested to know what other wikis think.

LMM

I''m no expert but I''ve always understood from what I have read on wiki that if it''s a short marriage with no children then you take out what you put in. This does all make me very worried if I marry my partner as I own my house outright and he has nothing!

The duration of the marriage is only one factor and the overall circumstances are relevant; the needs of one party may override the established principle for short marriages - and remember it is a principle, not something set in legal stone.

Hi many thanks for reply,
so do you think what she is asking is reasonable?
or should I fight it in court?
what would you advise please

Hi
many thanks for reply,
her lawyers asking for around 40% of my entire assets they are asking for around £90,000
i have no pension left as I cashed in both to give her which is worth £20000 in total plus my rest of savings of £10000 total £30,000
i would need to borrow over £60k if this was granted to her.
do you think £45000 is more reasonable considering short marriage just 2 years very little financial contribution from her and no children with her.
I have 2 grown up children at multiversity whom i need to support for few years plus my current job isnt going to take me to my retirement
Regards