FI v DO [2024] EWFC 384 (B)20 December 2025

District Judge Crisp. Final Hearing in FR case involving which party should keep the family dog, a golden retriever puppy, ‘N’.

• Cases

• William Foulkes

Sandeep Kumar Chugh v Latika Chugh [2025] EWFC 424 March 2025

Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Final hearing concerning H’s application for recognition of divorce proceedings brought by H in India, and H’s challenge to the jurisdictional basis of divorce proceedings brought in the UK by W.

• Cases

• Family Law Act 1986
• Jurisdiction
• Stay Pending Resolution of Overseas Proceedings
• Stay of Proceedings
• Non-Recognition of Overseas Divorce
• International Enforcement
• Recognition of Indian Divorce
• Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)

• Lucy Taylor (Coram Chambers)

D Culligan v A Culligan (No.2) (Costs and Anonymity) [2025] EWFC 2626 February 2025

Judgment dealing solely with the issues of costs and whether the substantive judgment in the financial remedies proceedings handed down on 14 January 2025 should be anonymised.

• Cases

• Anonymity and Transparency
• Costs

• Jessica Holloway

Re CB (Financial Remedies: Antisuit Injunction) [2025] EWHC 427 (Fam)25 February 2025

HHJ Moradifar. Application by the husband for an anti-suit injunction to prevent the wife from pursuing, participating or otherwise continuing any applications for periodical payments for the children of the family or any other applications relating to their marriage in the courts of India.

• Cases

• Injunctions
• Habitual Residence
• Forum Conveniens
• Jurisdiction
• Child Maintenance
• Periodical Payments
• Anti-Suit Injunctions

• Stephanie Coker

Collardeau v Fuchs & Anor [2025] EWFC 3619 February 2025

Poole J. Finding of a sham lease within enforcement proceedings of a final financial remedy order.

• Cases

• Setting Aside Transactions
• Enforcement

• Katie Stephens

MacQueen v MacQueen [2024] EWFC 400 (B)9 February 2025

District Judge Ashby. Final hearing concerning an application for a final financial remedy order in proceedings concerning serious findings of non-disclosure.

• Cases

• Non-Disclosure
• Spousal Maintenance (Quantum)
• Financial Remedies Court (FRC)

• Katie Stephens

QW v GH [2025] EWFC 19 (B)31 January 2025

DJ Worthley. Final hearing in a financial relief claim brought by W 8 years after the parties separated.

• Cases

• Post-Separation Accrual
• Jurisdiction
• Delay

• Emily Lennon

PM v RM [2025] EWFC 1120 January 2025

Mr Justin Warshaw KC sitting as a Deputy High Court judge. Application for maintenance pending suit, a legal services payment order and an injunction in a high value financial remedy case.

• Cases

• Disclosure
• Maintenance Pending Suit
• Legal Services Payment Orders

• Katie Stephens

HA v EN [2025] EWHC 48 (Fam)15 January 2025

Deputy High Court Judge Richard Todd KC. Application by W for maintenance pending suit (MPS) and a legal services payment order (LSPO) in protracted financial remedy proceedings.

• Cases

• Interim Relief
• Maintenance Pending Suit
• Legal Services Payment Orders

• Ella Fogg

HK v SS [2025] EWFC 5 (B)14 January 2025

HHJ Simmonds, National Lead Judge for Divorce. Guidance on when a delay between conditional order being made, and application for a final order, is delay sufficient to cause the court to question whether a final order should be made.

• Cases

• Setting Aside a Decree Nisi
• Divorce Orders

• Beth Payne