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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UD v TQ [2024] EWFC 119 (B)

Judgment date: 26 April 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/119 HHJ Hess. Final hearing in case involving footballer. Application of Moher in light of H’s misconduct and attachment of earnings order made to secure maintenance. W is aged 27, a former television presenter living abroad

NM v PM [2024] EWFC 199 (B)

Judgment date: 18 July 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/199 DDJ Nahal-Macdonald. Preliminary issues hearing in relation to interpretation of a clause in a prenuptial agreement. Parties married 2010 and separated in 2023. W is a barrister aged 58 and H is a solicitor advocate aged

RG v TA (Appeal: Legal Services Funding Order: Schedule 1 Children Act 1989) [2023] EWHC 3155 (Fam)

Judgment date: 06 October 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/3155 Roberts J. Appeal from HHJ Ellis who had refused F’s application for a legal services payment order of £125,000 in relation to his s 8 and Schedule 1 applications. F’s Sch 1 application

BC v SC [2023] EWFC 307 (B)

Judgment date: 12 December 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/307 DDJ Holmes-Milner. FR decision at DDJ level. Consideration of treatment of critical illness payout for H’s cancer. H is a chartered accountant aged 46 and W a teacher aged 47. Two children, one an adult

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up (Mid-January 2024 to end April 2024)

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up (Mid-January 2024 to end April 2024)

Schedule 1 cases Like buses, cases on particular areas of law come along one after the other after what feels like a large gap of time. In this quarter, there are a number of interesting decisions relating to Sch 1 Children Act 1989. Re A v B (Schedule 1: Arbitral

Tousi v Gaydukova [2024] EWCA Civ 203

Judgment date: 06 March 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2024/203 McFarlane P, Moylan and Holroyde LJJ. Are the parties to a void marriage able to apply for a transfer of tenancy as cohabitants, and does the lex loci celebrationis determine the ramifications of invalidity? Appeal from

Maintenance for a Disabled Adult Child: A Case of Legal Blogging

Maintenance for a Disabled Adult Child: A Case of Legal Blogging

Between August 2022 and June 2023 I observed, via Teams, a number of hearings in a single case heard by HHJ Shelton in Leeds and now reported as AB v CD [2022] EWFC 197 and 198; and [2023] EWFC 103. The case concerned cross-applications for variation of a 2012 maintenance