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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X v Y, Re Z (No. 4 Schedule 1 award) [2023] EWFC 25

Judgment date: 07 March 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/25.pdf Mr Justice Cobb. M’s application under Schedule 1 for financial provision from F, who lives in the USA, for Zoe who is 2 years 4 months old and suffers from Williams Syndrome. Zoe

KM v CV [2022] EWFC 174

Judgment date: 01 March 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/174 HHJ Robinson. Case concerning pensions where neither party had any capital. FMH had been sold with £10,000 left after payment of mortgage and costs. Case concerned treatment of W’s two police pensions. Pension expert, Mr

Goddard-Watts v Goddard-Watts [2023] EWCA Civ 115

Judgment date: 15 February 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2023/115 Lady Justice Macur, Lady Justice Nicola Davies and Lady Justice Carr. W’s appeal of order made by Sir Jonathan Cohen in January 2022 (see previous case summary) using the ‘Kingdon approach’. On two separate occasions

(1) Dixon (2) Dixon v The Crown Estate Commissioners [2022] EWHC 3256

Judgment date: 22 December 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2022/3256.html Judge Hodge KC. The claimants sought vesting orders in respect of two properties, following the striking off and dissolution of the company (in which the claimants had previously been shareholders) which was the registered

PP v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and SP [2022] UKUT 286 (AAC)

Judgment date: 01 November 2022 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2022/286.html Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley. Decision on F’s appeal. A reconsideration of a re-assessment of F’s child maintenance liability resulted in FTT ruling (in the absence of both parties): (1) that F’s