
Cases
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Austin v Haynes [2021] EWCA Civ 191915 December 2021
Moylan LJ (judgment), Underhill LJ and Davies LJ. The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against, inter alia, (a) an interim charging order to enforce arrears of sums due under a consent order in Schedule 1 proceedings; and (b) an order varying an obliga…
- Cases
- Variation
- Enforcement
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A v R (Financial Remedy: Pension Offsetting) (Rev1) [2021] EWFC B1028 December 2021
DDJ M Davies.H (66) and W (52) were married for 21 years, with three children. The liquid assets were £933,495, with £552,900 of equity in the FMH, and both parties held USS pensions with CEVs of c.£1.18m (H) and c.£243,000 (W). H sought a straightforward…
- Cases
- Pensions on Divorce
- Experts
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Her Royal Highness Haya Bint Al Hussein v His Highness Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum [2021] EWFC 9419 November 2021
Moor J.High profile applications by W under Schedule 1, Part III MFPA and the Married Women’s Property Act 1882 concluded with a record-breaking award. Lump sum awarded to W of £251.5m including capitalised security costs (for W for life, the children to…
- Cases
- Child Maintenance
- Conduct
- Evidence
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Duxbury Capitalisation
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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2021] EWHC 3086 (Fam)18 November 2021
Moor J.W’s applications under TOLATA and Part III MFPA concerning three properties in London. H and W were Kuwaiti nationals. W had received a financial award from the Kuwait Court in 2019.This appears to be the first reported case where jurisdiction was…
- Cases
- TLATA Applications
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
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MG v AR [2021] EWHC 3133 (Fam)16 November 2021
Mostyn J.In the first reported judgment on security for costs since the advent of the FPR, Mostyn J gives a helpful review of the applicable principles in family cases. Unlike in civil case law, he considers that the rarity of costs orders requires the co…
- Cases
- Security for costs
- Costs
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T v T (Variation of a Pension Sharing Order and Underfunded Schemes) [2021] EWFC B6710 November 2021
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/B67.html
- Cases
- Pensions on Divorce
- Variation Applications
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A v M [2021] EWFC 895 November 2021
Mostyn J.H worked in private equity and had set up two funds of his own, W was the beneficiary of valuable trust funds. Mostyn J set out a detailed method for dealing with H’s carried interest (in his view a hybrid resource, neither exclusively return on…
- Cases
- Sharing Principle
- Publicity and Confidentiality
- Clean Breaks and Term Maintenance
- Costs
- Add-Backs
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L v L [2021] EWFC B835 November 2021
HHJ Booth.Equal sharing of a combined c.£24m interest in a business acquired from H’s father prior to the 19-year marriage held to apply. H’s shareholding was restructured 3 years prior to separation. The character of this restructuring, which had provide…
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Companies
- Costs
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E v B (Interim Maintenance Inaccurate Time Estimate) [2021] EWFC B904 November 2021
Recorder Chandler.W’s application for interim maintenance and costs allowance in proceedings under Part III. Robust assumptions were made about H’s ability to pay, and W was awarded £3,000 pcm interim maintenance. W’s application for a costs allowance was…
- Cases
- Interim Relief
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Case Management
- First Appointments
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BT v CU [2021] EWFC 871 November 2021
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2021/87.html
- Cases
- Publicity and Confidentiality
- Variation Applications
- Executory Orders
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)