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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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

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up (Mid-September 2023 to mid-January 2024)

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up (Mid-September 2023 to mid-January 2024)

Post-separation accrual The judgments published within the autumn period fall sharply at each end of the spectrum of wealth. A number of cases involving significant assets have involved arguments around post-separation accrual, perhaps trickling through as a result of Moor J’s decision in DR v UG [2023] EWFC 68.

A Crib Sheet for those New to Financial Remedies Practice

A Crib Sheet for those New to Financial Remedies Practice

By way of an extract from Polly Morgan’s Family Law (OUP, 2nd edn, 2024), we present an aide memoire of the relevant principles and practicalities for the new financial remedies practitioner. Summary of the principles and practicalities (1) Consider ‘all the circumstances of the case’: s 25(1). (2)