Cases
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Potanina (Respondent) v Potanin (Appellant) [2024] UKSC 331 January 2024
By a majority of three to two, the Supreme Court allowed the husband’s appeal. Lord Leggatt gave the leading judgment, with which Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Rose agreed. Lord Briggs gave a dissenting judgment, with which Lord Stephens agreed.
- Cases
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
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BR v BR [2024] EWFC 1130 January 2024
Peel J. When should a single joint expert (SJE) be instructed rather than two or more separately instructed experts in financial remedy proceedings?
- Cases
- Experts
- Costs
- Business Assets
- Valuations
- First Appointments
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A v B (In the matter of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984) [2023] EWFC 241 (B)19 January 2024
HHJ Evans-Gordon. MFPA 1984 Part III. Distribution of the proceeds of sale of a property in England following an overseas divorce.
- Cases
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Needs
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Y v Z [2024] EWFC 416 January 2024
Peel J's determination of M’s Schedule 1 application against F, who is a member of a Middle Eastern royal family.
- Cases
- Millionaire's Defence
- Disclosure
- Child Maintenance
- Security for costs
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Child Support
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PF v QF [2024] EWFC 10 (B)15 January 2024
HHJ Reardon. Application to strike out W’s FR claim resulting from her bigamy (ex turpi causa).
- Cases
- Void Marriage
- Conduct
- Ex Turpi Causa
- Striking Out Applications
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MS v FS (No. 3) [2023] EWFC 245 (B)23 December 2023
DDJ Mehta. This was a final hearing in a financial remedy application by H where arguments surrounding jurisdiction following remarriage, and conduct, were raised.
- Cases
- Remarriage
- Jurisdiction
- Conduct
- Needs
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WX v HX [2023] EWFC 279 (B)21 December 2023
Mr Recorder Day’s judgment in a case involving complex procedural history, intervenors, non-disclosure and a ‘fragile’ business valuation. Of note is Recorder Day’s inclusion of his earlier decision to refuse a Hadkinson order. The judgment sets out the law of financial remedies clearly and succinctly: it should be mandatory reading for pupils/trainees.
- Cases
- Hadkinson Orders
- Disclosure
- Costs
- Business Valuation
- Valuations
- Intervenors
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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2023] EWHC 3438 (Fam)20 December 2023
Moor J. Claim for damages in relation to breach of a Part III MFPA 1984 order and TLATA order made in 2021.
- Cases
- Sale of Property
- TLATA Applications
- Financial Remedies Court (FRC)
- Damages
- Costs
- Delayed Sale
- Valuations
- Enforcement
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Galbraith-Marten v De Renée [2023] EWFC 25320 December 2023
Cobb J. Application of James v Seymour formula for child maintenance under Sch 1 in this long-running case.
- Cases
- Child Maintenance
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
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VT v LT [2023] EWFC 256 (B)18 December 2023
DJ Hatvany. A welcome rare report of a low asset case heard by a DJ. How could the court meet the needs of two households from limited assets?
- Cases
- Modest Asset Cases
- Needs
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