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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BK v (1) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2) LB [2022] UKUT 282 (AAC)

Judgment date: 27 October 2022 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2022/283.html Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Rowland. Decision on F’s application to appeal the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT). F appealed a child maintenance assessment on the basis that his gross income was lower

Stacey v McNicholas [2022] EWHC 278 (Fam)

Judgment date: 02 November 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2022/278 Moor J. Under Schedule 1, F had been ordered to pay a lump sum of £350,000 to the M to act as a housing fund, in addition to a sum of £50,000 on standard

J v H [2022] EWFC 133

Judgment date: 09 November 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/133 Peel J. H’s application for a freezing injunction. Reference to Mostyn J’s guidance from UL v BK and the importance of compliance with the pre-requisites set out in that case. H’s initial application was

HA v WA v BV [2022] EWFC 110

Judgment date: 27 September 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/110 Sir Jonathan Cohen. Issue between the parties in relation to beneficial ownership of a property held in the W’s sole name. H’s case was that the property belonged legally and beneficially to the W, where

SA v FA [2022] EWFC 115

Judgment date: 09 September 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/115 HHJ Hess. Judgment concerning divorce proceedings, domicile and the most appropriate forum. The parties met and married in England; the W was originally from South Africa. They had moved to the UAE in 2008 and remained there

Renée v Galbraith-Marten [2022] EWFC 118

Judgment date: 04 October 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/118 Mostyn J. F’s application for extension of extended civil restraint order (ECRO) and M’s application for permission pursuant to ECRO to bring a Schedule 1 application for a capitalised school fees order and variation of

IR v OR [2022] EWFC 20

Judgment date: 29 March 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/20.html Mr Justice Moor. High net worth case, judge found total net assets to be £184.6m. H had spent c.12 years as CEO, and then became Executive Chairman, of his father’s retail