Michael Horton KC

Michael Horton KC

Michael Horton KC specialises in financial remedies, TLATA work, and international family law at Coram Chambers. Recent notable cases include *Hudson ...

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What’s in a WhatsApp: Can a WhatsApp Message Transfer a Property?

What’s in a WhatsApp: Can a WhatsApp Message Transfer a Property?

The decision of Deputy Insolvency and Company Courts Judge Frith (the judge) in Reid-Roberts and Burke v Mei-Lin and Gudmundsson [2024] EWHC 759 (Ch)[[1]] is one of the first published cases since the decision of the Court of Appeal in Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWCA Civ 1648, [2023] KB

Your House, My Mortgage: The Decision in Re A and B

Your House, My Mortgage: The Decision in Re A and B

Can the Family Court order a party to take out and pay a mortgage in order to meet the other party’s housing needs? This is my framing of the question raised by the appeal in Re A and B (Schedule 1: Arbitral Award: Appeal) [2024] EWHC 778 (Fam). Cobb

The Death of a Financial Remedy Claim: the Supreme Court Decision

The Death of a Financial Remedy Claim: the Supreme Court Decision

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0159.html Michael Horton KC, Greg Williams, and Srishti Suresh are barristers at Coram Chambers and represented the appellants in the Hasan appeal, instructed by Jeremy Abraham and Anna Shadbolt at Dawson Cornwell.. Supreme Court decision The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in Unger

Michael Horton KC

Michael Horton KC specialises in financial remedies, TLATA work, and international family law at Coram Chambers. Recent notable cases include Hudson v Hathway on detriment in constructive trust cases and signed writing, MN v AN on whether a pre-nuptial agreement should be upheld, and the Supreme Court case of Unger