Heather McCartney’s divorce seems to be geting ever more complex: or, if you look at it the other way around, ever more simple.

The sacking of Heather Mills by her lawyers Mishcon de Reya means that her
divorce row with Sir Paul McCartney is now all but certain to go to trial.

The loss of her lawyers means that Ms Mills is now acting for herself in the
complex negotiations and, unless she accepts the offer on the table, then a
trial is set for February.

A spokesman for Mishcons, where Ms Mills’s lawyer was Anthony Julius,
confirmed yesterday that the firm was were no longer acting for her but
declined to say why or who had sacked whom.

But Ms Mills’s recent outbursts on British and American television, in breach
of an agreement — at least pending negotiations — not to make public
comments about the couple’s marriage or their daughter, Beatrice, has
effectively released the lawyers from their undertaking to act for her.

Despite speculation that Mr Julius, who lost his wife, the journalist Dina
Rabinovich, to cancer, could not continue with the case for personal
reasons, this is not thought to be a factor.

Rather it is Ms Mills’s recent behaviour, in defiance of both legal advice and
an undertaking given during the current proceedings not to speak out, that
has triggered the move.

Her intransigence in recent negotiations, described by one legal source as
“very difficult indeed”, would not have endeared her to the Mishcon legal
team. But that alone would not have been reason for ceasing to act.

Being sacked by your lawyers is a pretty good sign that you’re being incredibly stupid. And representing yourself in a divorce case is even more so. Heather McCartney is goingto get pounded if this does ever go to trail.