Cases
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Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30
Mostyn J.Comprehensive survey of law on anonymisation of judgments; [74]–[142]. Correct question is 'Why is it in the public interest that the parties should be anonymous?' rather than 'Why is it in the public interest that the parties should be named?'…
- Cases
- Publicity and Confidentiality
- Legal Services Payment Orders
- Release from Undertakings
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Costs
!12/04/2022 09:00
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Enal v Singh & Ors (Trinidad and Tobago) [2022] UKPC 13
Lords Briggs, Kitchin and Hamblen, Lady Rose, and Sir Nicholas Patten.On appeal to the Privy Council from the CA of Trinidad and Tobago. Mr Maharaj, the father of R and S, paid for a parcel of commercial properties which he placed in the name of R and S u…
- Cases
- Presumption of Advancement
- Undue Influence
- Appeals
- Resulting Trusts
- TOLATA Claims
- Role of Appellate Court
!11/04/2022 09:00
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Ali v Khatib & Ors [2022] EWCA Civ 481
Asplin, Stuart-Smith and Andrews LJJ.Multigenerational family home. Mrs Bibi lived in her home with one of her sons and his family (the respondents) and in a 2003 will left the home to them. Some years after her death, this will was successfully challenge…
- Cases
- Occupation Rent
- TOLATA Claims
!08/04/2022 09:00
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Traharne v Limb [2022] EWFC 27
Cohen J. Final hearing in W’s financial remedies application in which argument centred on a post-nuptial agreement (PNA) entered into by the parties shortly prior to separation. W argued that she had been subjected to coercive and controlling behaviour an…
- Cases
- Needs
- Costs
- Conduct
- Agreements
!31/03/2022 09:00
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IR v OR [2022] EWFC 20
Mr Justice Moor.High net worth case, judge found total net assets to be £184.6m. H had spent c.12 years as CEO, and then became Executive Chairman, of his father’s retail company which had been set up in the 1950s. Prior to marriage, H had worked in the f…
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Agreements
!29/03/2022 09:00
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WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreement) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 22
Peel J.W’s financial remedy application resulted in a needs-based award of £7.45m net (c.60%). H was from a very wealthy family, and the parties’ lifestyle had been funded by H’s father via annual gifts which had ceased since the divorce proceedings. A po…
- Cases
- Needs
- Efficient Conduct
- Prospective Inheritance
- Agreements
!22/03/2022 09:00
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Hudson v Hathway [2022] EWHC 631 (QB)
Kerr J.Unmarried couple with family home in joint names. On separation, they agreed respondent would retain house and savings and forsake interest in claimant’s pension and shares (even though unmarried). Thereafter the respondent paid the interest-…
- Cases
- TOLATA Claims
!21/03/2022 11:00
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Re A (Schedule 1, Overspend, Costs Clawback) [2022] EWFC 21
Recorder Chandler QC.Schedule 1 proceedings in which M sought that F clear all her liabilities and provide additional periodical payments above the agreed £8,000 pcm for the costs of a nanny.M was described as 'spending money as if it was going out of fas…
- Cases
- Costs
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
!21/03/2022 09:00
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Simon v Simon & Level (Joinder) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 29
Nicholas Cusworth QC. Convoluted procedural history in which a consent order was sealed by the court without knowledge of other relevant applications, and W received no liquid capital capable of being used to repay her litigation funder. Funder therefore…
- Cases
- Litigation Funding
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
- Joinder of Third Parties
!21/03/2022 09:00
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DX v JX [2022] EWFC 19
Moor J.H’s application to vary and/or terminate a spousal periodical payments order, which was agreed by consent in 2017 in England. The spousal periodical payments order was a fixed percentage of H’s income, as opposed to being calculated by reference to…
- Cases
- Variation Applications
- Jurisdiction
- Spousal Maintenance (Quantum)
- Release from Undertakings
!16/03/2022 09:00
