Cases
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CMX v EJX (French Marriage Contract) [2020] EWFC 1362 November 2022
Moor J. The Husband (‘H’) was a 56 year old French national and Chairman of Industrial Investment Banking at bank. The Wife (‘W’) was French/Lebanese/British, 54 years old and had a successful career in the bottled water industry. They lived in England.Mr…
- Cases
- Agreements
- Pensions on Divorce
- Needs
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PP v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and SP [2022] UKUT 286 (AAC)1 November 2022
Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley. Decision on F’s appeal.A reconsideration of a re-assessment of F’s child maintenance liability resulted in FTT ruling (in the absence of both parties): (1) that F’s unearned income was £34,191; (2) that it was just and equita…
- Cases
- Child Maintenance
- Appeals
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Clarke v Clarke [2022] EWHC 2698 (Fam)28 October 2022
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 sale of the FMH. This was not strongly advanced by W and became irrelevant…
- Cases
- Companies
- Appeals
- Valuations
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BK v (1) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (2) LB [2022] UKUT 282 (AAC)27 October 2022
Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Rowland. Decision on F’s application to appeal the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (FTT). F appealed a child maintenance assessment on the basis that his gross income was lower than the figure used in the assessment.F sough…
- Cases
- Child Maintenance
- Appeals
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Boughajdim v Hayoukane [2022] EWHC 2673 (Fam)21 October 2022
MacDonald J. Long-running complex dispute over validity of marriage. W wanted a divorce; H said there was no marriage to dissolve.A valid marriage can be conducted in Morocco without a formal ceremony. W argued that a marriage had taken place albeit witho…
- Cases
- Lex Loci Celebrationis
- Validity of marriage
- Estoppel Res Judicatam
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Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 2719 October 2022
Lord Briggs, Lady Arden, Lord Leggatt, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose. What is the proper approach to granting relief under the doctrine of proprietary estoppel?The claimant Andrew Guest had relied to his significant detriment on assurances made by his father w…
- Cases
- Proprietary Estoppel
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YC v ZC [2022] EWFC 13717 October 2022
HHJ Hess. After over 30 years of marriage, the husband’s ('H') application for financial remedy. H was a 60-year-old businessman, described by the judge at [6] as ‘a driven character with … a tendency to … take personal and financial risks and live life ‘…
- Cases
- Pensions on Divorce
- Duxbury Capitalisation
- Add-Backs
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Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf [2022] EWFC 11917 October 2022
Mostyn J. W’s application for (i) the recission of decree nisi, (ii) the dismissal of the underlying divorce petition and (iii) the set aside of the financial order made subsequent to that. The parties had been the subject of Mostyn J’s judgment of BN v M…
- Cases
- Duration of the Marriage
- Agreements
- Setting Aside a Decree Nisi
- Rescission of Divorce Decree
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CF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] UKUT 271 (AAC)10 October 2022
Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley. Decision in relation to proper procedure in child maintenance appeals. First tier judge had determined F’s appeal (against decision that child was still a qualifying child) on paper without hearing. Rule 27 of the Tribunal Pr…
- Cases
- Child Support Appeal Procedure
- Child Support
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Renée v Galbraith-Marten [2022] EWFC 1184 October 2022
Mostyn J. F’s application for extension of extended civil restraint order (ECRO) and M’s application for permission pursuant to ECRO to bring a Schedule 1 application for a capitalised school fees order and variation of general maintenance (to…
- Cases
- Experts
- Variation Applications
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Civil Restraint Orders