A v Z [2026] EWHC 654 (Fam)

Cusworth J. Sums the husband unilaterally removed from a mortgage account and joint bank accounts during the marriage are held to be part of his entitlement under a pre-nuptial agreement, partially due to conduct findings.

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2026/439

Peel J. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings. The couple's 2002 draft consent order had not been sealed by the court, but the parties had acted upon it with the belief that it had been formalised. Peel J determined that it constituted a Xydhias agreement.