AB v CD [2016] EWHC 2482 (Fam)

DDJ Benjamin Rose. Judgment considering high-value assets, non-disclosure, jurisdictional questions, issues surrounding the validity of a nuptial settlement and general conduct of proceedings.

DJ Parker’s decision emphasises the importance of the court transcript where there is a dispute as to what was said by the judge. Ultimately H’s application to set aside a final order by consent failed because H was wrong; the FDR judge had not given him a 28-day cooling off period.

Costs Judge Whalan. Unsuccessful application by the claimant for a s 70 Solicitors Act 1974 assessment of the invoices delivered by the defendant law firm. Invoices were Interim Statute Bills, and no special circumstances were found to justify assessment by the court.