Cases
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A v V [2022] EWHC 3501 (Fam)8 July 2022
Mr Justice Francis. A ‘relatively straightforward’ application pursuant to Schedule 1. F’s costs were c.£3.8m and M’s were £1.7m, despite F attending the final hearing as a litigant in person. F ran the millionaire’…
- Cases
- Millionaire's Defence
- Costs
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Trusts
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Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2022] EWFC 701 July 2022
Moor J. A case involving complex jurisdiction arguments, habitual residence, international marital agreements and underlying assets worth over £200m.Husband (‘H’) was 70 years old and a Norwegian national. The Wife (‘W’) was 50 years old, born in Turkmeni…
- Cases
- Jurisdiction
- Forum Disputes
- Forum
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DE v FE [2022] EWFC 711 July 2022
Cohen J.Financial remedies claim. Parties in their forties, three young children, length of marriage c.13 years. Both parties had worked hard in the financial sector. FMH was pre-owned by H. Parties lived there together for 18–24 months before renting it…
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Duration of the Marriage
- Valuations
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Bogolyubova v Bogolyubov & Joint Stock Company Commercial Bank "Privatbank" [2022] EWFC 19924 June 2022
Mr Justice Peel. Application by the Bank (i) to intervene in financial remedy proceedings, (ii) to stay those proceedings and for the court not to approve a financial consent order pending the outcome of a commercial dispute between the Bank, the husband…
- Cases
- Agreements
- Stay of Proceedings
- Joinder of Third Parties
- Consent Orders
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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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