Latest blog posts
Fiscal Event Update
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, has announced his new Growth Plan for the UK. Some of the measures will have immediate effect, some take effect in November and others will take effect from 6 April 2023.
- Blog
- Housing Need
- Income Projections
- Bonuses
- Tax
- Stamp Duty
!23/09/2022 17:59
Zooming In: Video Evidence from Outside the Jurisdiction
This blog post is to inform (or maybe to remind) practitioners of the steps that must be taken if it is proposed that oral evidence be provided from a foreign country by video-link, and of the various matters that fall to be considered.
- Blog
- Evidence
- Zoom
!15/09/2022 15:39
Latest issue
Where Next for Cohabitation Reform in England and Wales?
Reflections on the Report on the Rights of Cohabiting Partners handed down by the Women and Equalities Committee of the UK Parliament, its key recommendations and the next steps for cohabitation law reform in England and Wales.
- Blog
- Cohabitation
!30/08/2022 15:37
Family Law – Not the Poor Relation
A paper delivered (remotely from France) by Hon Mr Justice Mostyn to the 19th National Family Law Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, on Tuesday 16 August 2022.
- Blog
- Transparency
- Judgments
- Rules
- Mostyn
- Desert Island
- Costs
- Anonymity
!25/08/2022 15:42
Pension Advisory Group II update and consultation
Being in receipt of a significant amount of written and anecdotal feedback on the success or otherwise of the Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce, the chairs of the PAG have concluded that it would be helpful to review and update the 2019 guide.
- Blog
- Pensions on Divorce
!22/08/2022 07:38
Latest cases
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X v Y [2022] EWFC 95
HHJ Hess. Financial remedy judgment in which the wife’s capital claims were adjourned for a decade in view of dishonest fabrication of bank statements by H and uncertainty as to assets. Judgment published ‘to draw wider attention to the abilit…
- Cases
- Disclosure
- Adjourned Capital Claim
- Conduct
!15/08/2022 09:00
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Goodyear v Goodyear (Deceased) [2022] EWFC 96
HHJ Farquhar. Application by the husband to set aside a pension sharing order (‘PSO’) following the death of the wife. The application was opposed by the executor’s of the wife’s estate. The fundamental issue was whether the death…
- Cases
- Pensions on Divorce
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
!12/08/2022 09:00
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Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026 (Fam)
Cohen J. Three judgment summonses brought by Lady Hiroko Barclay against former husband Sir Frederick Barclay for admitted breaches of (1) two £50m lump sum financial remedy orders from 2021, (2) a legal services payment order, and (3) arrears of maintena…
- Cases
- Enforcement
- Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses
!28/07/2022 09:00
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X v C [2022] EWFC 79
HHJ Farquhar.Modest asset financial remedy case published as part of commitment to publication of court judgments at all levels. Assets comprised FMH H’s sole name, net equity c.£258k; a house owned by W and her former husband in which the latt…
- Cases
- Tax
- Publicity and Confidentiality
- Conduct
- Needs
- Housing Need
- Pensions on Divorce
- Section 25(1) First Consideration
!12/07/2022 09:00
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Brake & Anor v Guy & Ors [2022] EWHC 1746 (Ch)
HHJ Paul Matthews. Application for a third party debt order (TPDO; formerly a garnishee order) against the trustees of Mr Brake’s SIPP. The debt was in relation to the costs of litigation lost by Mr Brake.Brake had already taken the tax-free lump su…
- Cases
- Enforcement
!11/07/2022 09:00
