Rebekah Batt

Rebekah Batt

Rebekah is a junior barrister at Pump Court Chambers. Rebekah is regularly instructed in private family law proceedings and has a keen interest in fin...

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DF v YB [2025] EWFC 46 (B)

Judgment date: 14 February 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/46 Recorder Nicholas Allen KC. Judgment following four-day final hearing, in which the parties agreed that it was a sharing case and that the net capital assets should be divided equally. The dispute centred around issues of

Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 1298 (Fam)

Judgment date: 20 March 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/1298 Francis J. Costs judgment in ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage, which started as a show cause application. Case summary here. The parties’ costs of the costs hearing alone

KD v SD [2024] EWFC 334 (B)

Judgment date: 18 November 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/334 District Judge Hatvany. Final hearing in a needs case concerning a relatively short marriage where the breadwinner and main financial contributor is now also the primary carer for the children. This case concerned a short marriage

Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740 (Fam)

Judgment date: 16 February 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/740 Francis J. A ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage. The parties were married for three years and had no children. W’s case was that she has assets of

V v W [2024] EWFC 111

Judgment date: 23 May 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/111 Poole J. The issues for determination were: 1. Does this court have jurisdiction to hear dissolution proceedings in relation to a French pacte civil de solidarite, ‘PACS’ (a form of civil partnership)? 2. If so, is the

NA v LA [2024] EWFC 113

Judgment date: 24 May 2024 Nicholas Allen KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge. A ‘paradigm’ case for the court to exercise its new powers under FPR 3.4 to stay proceedings for the parties to engage in NCDR. The court heard the return date of two orders: (1)

The Incorporated Trustees of Great Calling Ministries Worldwide v (1) A Irabor (2) F Irabor [2024] EWHC 803 (Fam)

Judgment date: 11 April 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/803 Sir Jonathan Cohen. Appeal by an intervener against a final order which included discharging an interim charging order on the FMH made in the intervenor’s favour and a payment of a lump sum which would