Laura Stewart Harris (Carson Kaye)

Laura Stewart Harris (Carson Kaye)

Laura Stewart Harris is a paralegal working at Carson Kaye, a criminal law firm. She is interested in family law, particularly financial matters, and will apply for pupillage next round.

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AGS v RKS [2026] EWFC 104 (B)

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.

G v N [2025] EWFC 286 (B)

District Judge Shackleton. The case concerns an application for a financial remedies order following divorce between a husband and wife. The order sought, and granted, was that the marital home be transferred into the husband’s sole name following the wife’s departure nearly 30 years previously.