Gray v Gray [2023] EWFC 349 (B)
27 April 2023. DJ Baker. Final hearing in a financial remedies case with few assets where the husband sought, unsuccessfully, to pursue conduct. The husband’s litigation conduct justified a costs order against him.
Laura Stewart Harris (Burgess Mee)
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DJ Guirguis. Unsuccessful application for an LSPO where the applicant husband's financial remedy claim appeared weak, his disclosure was inadequate, and he remained subject to substantial outstanding liability under a POCA confiscation order.
Re A and Z (No 2) (Interim Third Party Debt Order) [2026] EWFC 90
McKendrick J. Decision concerning an application for an interim third-party debt order by a spouse against the solicitors acting for the other spouse after a failure to comply with previously made orders.
Hammond v Herrington Carmichael LLP [2026] EWHC 701 (SCCO)
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.
RKV v JWC (No 2) [2025] EWFC 429 (B)
Wife is granted a costs order for legal costs on the indemnity basis due to the husband’s ‘complete and multi-faceted’ misconduct, namely deception and refusal to comply with court orders.
TX v YA (No 2) [2025] EWFC 349
Cusworth J. Concerns the wife’s successful application for financial relief after the parties’ divorce in Germany, where there is a Deed outlining agreed financial provision.
Re: H (A Child) (Appeal: Child Maintenance)
Henke J. A failed appeal by the father against the extension of the duration of a child maintenance order beyond the age of eighteen years.