The recent decision in ""Lambert v Lambert"" has been hailed as a landmark by matrimonial lawyers. In their historic judgement the Court of Appeal have recognised that, on the division of marital assets following divorce, the role of the homemaker should be given equality with that of the wealth generator.;In this special bulletin, District Judge Roger Bird revisits the House of Lords' judgment in White and the post-White cases, explains the Lambert judgments and then analyses its significance for ancillary relief cases more generally.