was present in court for the legal ending to the rollercoaster affair that lasted 22 stormy years. Top London lawyers Mishcon de Reya, who acted for Princess Diana in her divorce and who represented Hall, said the couple were still

friends and "will always be linked through the great shared love they have for their four children." A spokesman for the lawyers said both partners were determined to play a full part as parents and were greatly relieved that the legal process was over and that a confidential financial agreement had been ratified. The Rolling Stones` frontman, who earlier this month paid Hall a reported 10 million pounds ($16 million) settlement, has acknowledged having a child with Brazilian model Luciana Morad. The flamboyant 56-year-old singer, famed for his swivelling hips and pouting lips, also has four children with Hall, one with his first wife Bianca and another with author and actress Marsha Hunt. Hall, 43, filed for divorce last Christmas after hearing of the ageing rock star`s affair with Morad. Jagger had claimed their Hindu wedding on the Indonesian island of Bali in 1991 was not recognised under British law. The final curtain was brought down on the Hall-Jagger relationship by Justice Michael Connell, one of Britain`s top divorce judges. After behind-the-scene negotiations between lawyers, Hall last month dropped her opposition to Jagger`s claims that their marriage had never been valid. Instead Hall`s petition, in which she had originally sought a divorce, was altered to alternatively seek a nullity decree - a court declaration that their marriage was a marriage that never was as far as the law was concerned. In her original divorce petition, Hall sought a divorce on the basis of Jagger`s two-timing ways. She wanted the marriage ended on the grounds of his adultery though she did not name any

other woman in her petition. After a brief 30-minute hearing, Connell agreed that the marriage could never have been viewed as valid. He reached his decision after considering evidence from experts in matrimonial law who backed the claims that the romantic marriage ceremony the couple went through on the island of Bali was never legally binding.