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Lloyd Platt & Company is offering Christmas gift vouchers for divorce advice. The London law firm said it had been swamped with enquires since it launched the vouches early last week. It normally charges 325 pounds an hour. And so far more than 60 have been sold. Demand of the vouchers could soar over the next few weeks.

Vanessa Lloyd Platt, the founder of the firm said Christmas tends to be a particularly stressful time for families with a huge rise in people seeking advice each January.

She further said she had been surprised at the response to the vouchers.

A spokesman for the Church of England said “Divorce is a very personal matter and not really suitable for the idea of gift vouchers which are presents from other people”.