Stephanie Coker

Stephanie Coker

Stephanie Coker is a barrister at FOURTEEN. She specialises in financial remedies following the breakdown of a relationship (including TOLATA matters)...

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Clarke v Clarke [2022] EWHC 2698 (Fam)

Judgment date: 28 October 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2698.html Mostyn J. Appeal by W against the judgment and order of HHJ Farqhuar on three grounds. One, whether the order should provide for W to receive a minimum sum from the net proceeds of

Nieman v Withers LLP [2022] EWHC 2237 (QB)

Judgment date: 19 July 2022 Andrew Baker J. H brought a claim against Withers LLP on the ground that Withers had provided him with negligent advice in the context of his divorce, and that the terms agreed with W by way of financial settlement following their divorce were not as

Goodyear v Goodyear (Deceased) [2022] EWFC 96

Judgment date: 12 August 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/96 HHJ Farquhar. Application by the husband to set aside a pension sharing order (‘PSO’) following the death of the wife. The application was opposed by the executor’s of the wife’s estate. The fundamental issue was

McCloud Remedy – a Ground to Set Aside Financial Orders?

McCloud Remedy – a Ground to Set Aside Financial Orders?

Many will recall the McCloud judgment, in which the Court of Appeal determined that the transitional provisions in the Government’s 2015 public sector pension schemes were age discriminatory. In response to the judgment, the Government agreed to unravel these changes. Last year, the Government announced its solution known as

Villiers v Villiers [2022] EWCA Civ 772

Judgment date: 10 June 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/772.html Moylan LJ, Coulson LJ and Arnold LJ. Appeal concerning an order by Mostyn J dismissing W’s application under s 27 of MCA 1973. Case provides useful content on the interpretation and application of

W v H (Financial Remedies: Pensions) [2021] EWFC 63

Judgment date: 14 September 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/B63.html Recorder Salter. Modest assets. Case involved pensions, third-party property, excessive litigation costs and jurisdiction of the court to make an order for child maintenance where the care of a child was shared equally between

Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52

Judgment date: 13 June 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/52.html Mostyn J. Application for a reporting restriction order ('RRO'), alternatively an anonymity order. Reference to proceedings 'in private' in FPR 27.10 and 27.11 does not impose secrecy as