Cases
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Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 262 July 2025
Lord Burrows and Lord Stephens (with whom Lord Reed, Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Simler agree). The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed W’s appeal, upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision, and clarified application of the sharing principle and matrimonialisation.
- Cases
- Sharing Principle
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
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Adodo v Tan [2025] EWFC 184 (B)27 June 2025
HHJ Rodgers. Re-hearing following an appeal to the Court of Appeal against a final order made by District Judge Severn on 10 October 2022. On appeal, it was held there had been a misunderstanding of crucial funds available overseas, leading to a fundamentally flawed final decision.
- Cases
- Overseas Assets
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Sharing
- Departure From Equality
- Costs
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M v B [2025] EWFC 18225 June 2025
Sir Jonathan Cohen (sitting as a judge of the High Court). Financial remedy proceedings considering the court’s power to strike out applications under FPR 4.4, having regard to the effect of FPR 9.9A.
- Cases
- 'Thwaite Jurisdiction'
- Executory Orders
- Striking Out Applications
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JQ v IQ [2025] EWFC 192 (B)23 June 2025
HHJ Vincent. A Pakistani divorce was deemed to be valid in the UK on public policy grounds and permission was granted for the wife to bring financial remedies proceedings in this jurisdiction.This hearing concerned the wife’s application under s 13…
- Cases
- Jurisdiction
- Divorce Orders
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- International Enforcement
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MNV v CNV [2025] EWFC 176 (B)19 June 2025
DDJ Bradshaw. Drastic change in personal circumstances results in add-back in small money case.
- Cases
- Liabilities
- Housing Need
- Small Money
- Mortgage Capacity
- Costs
- Soft Loans
- Needs
- Earning Capacity
- Add-Backs
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AP v TP (Pension Enforcement) [2025] EWFC 190 (B)13 June 2025
HHJ Farquhar. Application by husband to set aside a PSO under the Thwaite jurisdiction due to the wife’s sustained non-compliance. The court held that continued enforcement of the PSO would be inequitable given the respondent’s conduct, the applicant’s age and deteriorating health, and the executory nature of the order.
- Cases
- Barder Applications
- Pensions on Divorce
- 'Thwaite Jurisdiction'
- Delay
- Executory Orders
- Enforcement
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
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Tickle v The Father & Ors [2025] EWFC 1609 June 2025
Henke J. Procedural judgment in children proceedings reaffirming legal protections for journalistic sources and highlighting the limits of transparency in the family courts.
- Cases
- Transparency
- Publicity and Confidentiality
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A Local Authority v X (Attendance of Experts) [2025] EWFC 1373 June 2025
MacDonald J gave guidance on the question of when and how the court is to exercise its case management power to enable an expert to attend a hearing to give oral evidence under FPR 25.9(2). The question is whether it is ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ for the expert to do so – there is no gloss of exceptionality, and each case must be determined on its own facts.
- Cases
- Experts
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PN v SA [2025] EWFC 14123 May 2025
Cobb J. Third-largest financial remedy case in the jurisdiction’s history. The judge set aside a separation agreement entered into by W under significant emotional and psychological pressure.
- Cases
- Agreements
- Coercive Control
- Undue Influence
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DSD v MJW (Costs of MPS) [2025] EWFC 119 (B)24 April 2025
DDJ David Hodson. Proportionality and maintenance pending suit (MPS), a cautionary tale. In this case the DDJ concluded that the game was very much not worth the candle, and the application turned out to be very costly for the applicant wife.
- Cases
- Interim Relief
- Maintenance Pending Suit
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