Calum Smith (1 Hare Court)

Calum Smith (1 Hare Court)

Calum Smith is a specialist financial remedies practitioner with a particular interest in the concept of matrimonialisation.

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G v G (Confiscation Order: Conduct) [2023] EWFC 16

Judgment date: 26 January 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/16 HHJ Robinson. The Husband ('H') was 53, the Wife ('W') 50. Having cohabited from 1999 and married in 2006, the parties had two children of ages 15 and 11. W was a secretary

A (former wife) v A (former husband) [2023] EWFC 4

Judgment date: 12 January 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/4.html Recorder Laura Moys. Helpful approach to case management with exceptionally difficult LiP. W was 57, H 59. They separated after 30 years of marriage, producing one child (now aged 30). The assets were worth

W v H (Contested Divorce) [2022] EWFC 150

Judgment date: 02 November 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/150.html HHJ Greensmith. H defended W’s petition for divorce. The parties were 45. H was a doctor and W a social worker. They married in Australia in 2014 and separated in 2017. They have

TM v KM [2022] EWFC 155

Judgment date: 02 December 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2022/155 HHJ Hess. Application of compensation principle. W was 50 and had attended what many consider to be the finest business school in the world before a highly successful career in investment finance. In 2006 and 2007,

WD v MH [2022] EWFC 162

Judgment date: 18 November 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/162.html Mr Recorder Rhys Taylor. H was 66 and W 61. Short marriage. Within judicial separation proceedings (although neither party could confirm why such were preferred to divorce), the parties agreed (the 2008 Agreement), inter

YC v ZC [2022] EWFC 137

Judgment date: 17 October 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/137.html HHJ Hess. After over 30 years of marriage, the husband’s ('H') application for financial remedy. H was a 60-year-old businessman, described by the judge at [6] as ‘a driven character with