Cases
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Re P (Service on Parent in a Refuge) [2023] EWHC 471
McFarlane P. Guidance from President of Family Division on service of legal documents on a person thought to be living in a refuge. FPR 2010 does not address this. In this case, W was in a refuge and location and disclosure orders had been made against a…
- Cases
- Refuge
- Service
!20/03/2023 11:48
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KM v CV [2022] EWFC 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 Nobbs, concluded equalis…
- Cases
- Benefits
- Needs
- Pensions on Divorce
!01/03/2023 09:00
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Goddard-Watts v Goddard-Watts [2023] EWCA Civ 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 since settlement of f…
- Cases
- Disclosure
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
!15/02/2023 09:00
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Kaur v Singh and Others [2023] EWHC 304 (Fam)
Peel J. Claim under the Inheritance Act 1975 for reasonable financial provision from her deceased husband under Part 8 of the CPR. The claim was undefended. The claimant sought half of the estate which she estimated at £995,000. The will left the est…
- Cases
- Needs
- Inheritance Act Applications
- Reasonable Financial Provision
!14/02/2023 00:09
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G v G (Confiscation Order: Conduct) [2023] EWFC 16
HHJ Robinson. The Husband ('H') was 53, the Wife ('W') 50. Having cohabited from 1999 and married in 2006, the parties had two children of ages 15 and 11. W was a secretary but a debilitating illness precluded her from working. H was a doctor before he wa…
- Cases
- Conduct
!26/01/2023 09:00
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Timokhin v Timokhina [2023] EWHC 58 (Fam)
Roberts J. Was a decision to stay a Sch 1 application pending conclusion of proceedings in another jurisdiction a substantive or procedural one?The parties were Russian nationals and parents to two children, aged 11 and 18. The children had lived in Londo…
- Cases
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Striking Out Applications
- Jurisdiction
- Appeals
!17/01/2023 09:00
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HD v WB [2023] EWFC 2
Peel J. Financial remedy proceedings concerning the circumstances surrounding a PNA and the weight, if any, to be attached to it. Realisable assets almost entirely in W’s name exceeded £43m. H sought for the PNA to be completely disregarded as it was ente…
- Cases
- Costs
- Agreements
- Needs
!13/01/2023 09:00
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A (former wife) v A (former husband) [2023] EWFC 4
Recorder Laura Moys. Helpful approach to case management with exceptionally difficult LiP.W was 57, H 59. They separated after 30 years of marriage, producing one child (now aged 30). The assets were worth £1.3m. W was a manager at her local county counci…
- Cases
- Conduct
- Managing Difficult Hearings
!12/01/2023 09:00
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DP v EP (Conduct; Economic Abuse; Needs) [2023] EWFC 6
HHJ Madeleine Reardon. Finding of economic abuse and consideration of whether it met the level of s 25 conduct.Parties aged 49 (W) and 59 (H), married 1994, separated 2018, children adults. Marriage void for W’s bigamy, but with no findings made and…
- Cases
- Needs
- Add-Backs
- Economic Abuse
- Conduct
- Costs
!10/01/2023 09:00
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(1) Dixon (2) Dixon v The Crown Estate Commissioners [2022] EWHC 3256
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 proprietor. The Crown disclaimed…
- Cases
- Proprietary Estoppel
- Companies
- Trusts
!22/12/2022 09:00
