Cases
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AIC Ltd (Respondent) v Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (Appellant) [2022] UKSC 1615 June 2022
Lords Hodge, Briggs, Sales, Hamblen and Leggatt. What should a judge do when, shortly after oral judgment but before a formal written minute of the order has been sealed, one of the parties asks the judge to reconsider the judgment and the order? While ju…
- Cases
- Principle of Finality
- Judicial Discretion
- Appeals
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Paul v Paul & Ors [2022] EWHC 1638 (Fam)14 June 2022
Moor J.Application by K for reasonable financial provision from estate of her late husband S, and a declaration that the FMH in S’s sole name was held on constructive trust for herself and S’s estate in equal shares. For unknown reasons, as marriage happy…
- Cases
- TLATA Applications
- Inheritance Act Applications
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Gallagher v Gallagher (No.2) (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC 5313 June 2022
Mostyn J.Substantive financial remedies decision accompanying Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52. Assets £34.5m including value of H’s 50% shareholding in a construction company. The value of the company was established u…
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Valuations
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Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 5213 June 2022
Mostyn J.Application for a reporting restriction order ('RRO'), alternatively an anonymity order. Reference to proceedings 'in private' in FPR 27.10 and 27.11 does not impose secrecy as to the facts of the case. Rather, the correct interpretation of these…
- Cases
- Publicity and Confidentiality
- Reporting Restriction Order
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Villiers v Villiers [2022] EWCA Civ 77210 June 2022
Moylan LJ, Coulson LJ and Arnold LJ.Appeal concerning an order by Mostyn J dismissing W’s application under s 27 of MCA 1973. Case provides useful content on the interpretation and application of s 27. It was concluded that W’s application had been wrongl…
- Cases
- Maintenance
- Disclosure
- Jurisdiction
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A v B [2022] EWFC 14925 May 2022
HHJ Reardon. W’s application under s 55 of the Family Law Act 1986 for declaration that no valid marriage subsisted between the parties because at the time of the purported wedding, conducted by a priest of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Sa…
- Cases
- Nullity
- Validity of marriage
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AZ v BZ (Financial Remedies Appeal) [2020] EWFC B8622 May 2022
HHJ Vincent. Appeal by H of a financial remedy order where on a clean break basis the assets were divided 99/1 in favour of W.
- Cases
- Personal Injury Awards
- Appeals
- Needs
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
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SC v TC [2022] EWFC 6720 May 2022
HHJ Hess.Financial remedies case involving postnuptial agreement, in which H had, in the face of a foreshortened life expectancy caused by Parkinson’s disease, voluntarily relinquished his clear entitlement both to sharing and to a needs-based award…
- Cases
- Agreements
- Impaired Life Expectancy
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XZ v YZ [2022] EWFC 4920 May 2022
Mostyn J.H’s application for a reporting restriction order (RRO) against background of Mostyn J’s decision in Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30 that a financial remedy judgment (which is not mainly about child maintenance) may be fully repor…
- Cases
- Publicity and Confidentiality
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D v D (Financial Remedy Case) [2020] EWFC B2420 May 2022
DJ John Smart.Rare reported modest asset case. Identification of needs in a marriage that, with prior cohab, had lasted only 10 months. Parties aged 51 and 49. Modest assets, almost all brought into the marriage by H, including the FMH in H’s sole name an…
- Cases
- Duration of the Marriage
- Spousal Maintenance (Quantum)
- Conduct
- Clean Breaks and Term Maintenance
- Needs
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