Polly Morgan | Case Editor

Polly Morgan | Case Editor

Polly Morgan is the sole author of the textbook Morgan's Family Law (2nd edn, Oxford University Press 2024) as well as the author of a number of Law...

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SC v TC [2022] EWFC 67

Judgment date: 20 May 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/67 HHJ Hess. Financial remedies case involving postnuptial agreement, in which H had, in the face of a foreshortened life expectancy caused by Parkinson’s disease, voluntarily relinquished his clear entitlement both to sharing and to a needs-based

Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026 (Fam)

Judgment date: 28 July 2022 Cohen J. Three judgment summonses brought by Lady Hiroko Barclay against former husband Sir Frederick Barclay for admitted breaches of (1) two £50m lump sum financial remedy orders from 2021, (2) a legal services payment order, and (3) arrears of maintenance. Sir Frederick argued that

X v C [2022] EWFC 79

Judgment date: 12 July 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/79 HHJ Farquhar. Modest asset financial remedy case published as part of commitment to publication of court judgments at all levels. Assets comprised FMH H’s sole name, net equity c.£258k; a house owned by W and

Gallagher v Gallagher (No.2) (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC 53

Judgment date: 13 June 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/53.html Mostyn J. Substantive financial remedies decision accompanying Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52. Assets £34.5m including value of H’s 50% shareholding in a construction company. The value of

Paul v Paul & Ors [2022] EWHC 1638 (Fam)

Judgment date: 14 June 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/1638.html Moor J. Application by K for reasonable financial provision from estate of her late husband S, and a declaration that the FMH in S’s sole name was held on constructive trust for herself

DE v FE [2022] EWFC 71

Judgment date: 01 July 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/71.html Cohen J. Financial remedies claim. Parties in their forties, three young children, length of marriage c.13 years. Both parties had worked hard in the financial sector. FMH was pre-owned by H. Parties lived

VSN v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and JN [2022] UKUT 138 (Administrative Appeals Chamber)

Judgment date: 17 May 2022 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2022/138.html Upper Tribunal Judge Poynter. This was an application for permission to appeal, persuasive but not binding, and published because it dealt with a novel situation: was a mirror order a “maintenance order” within the