Cases
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Monisha Mahtani v Vivek Hariram Mahtani [2025] EWFC 3516 January 2025
James Ewins KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge. A difficult case where the respondent husband failed to attend any hearing or make any disclosure. All the court could do was draw inferences to prevent a ‘cheat’s charter’ in the face of W’s quasi-sharing claim. W asserted H had significant assets but had no fixed or agreed values. The final hearing proceeded in H’s absence, with no evidence from H.
- Cases
- Conduct
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HA v EN [2025] EWHC 48 (Fam)15 January 2025
Deputy High Court Judge Richard Todd KC. Application by W for maintenance pending suit (MPS) and a legal services payment order (LSPO) in protracted financial remedy proceedings.
- Cases
- Interim Relief
- Maintenance Pending Suit
- Legal Services Payment Orders
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Culligan v Culligan [2025] EWFC 114 January 2025
MacDonald J. An equal division of the matrimonial assets following a 40-year marriage, including a Wells share in favour of W.
- Cases
- Wells Sharing
- Conduct
- Companies
- Crypto
- Valuations
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HK v SS [2025] EWFC 5 (B)14 January 2025
HHJ Simmonds, National Lead Judge for Divorce. Guidance on when a delay between conditional order being made, and application for a final order, is delay sufficient to cause the court to question whether a final order should be made.
- Cases
- Setting Aside a Decree Nisi
- Divorce Orders
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CA v UK [2025] EWFC 117 (B)10 January 2025
HHJ Watkins. A substantive application by the father for a child maintenance order under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (‘Schedule 1’); [12]. Within the application, the main issue concerned the most suitable jurisdiction for child maintenance dispute resolution. There were two jurisdictions involved in the forum conveniens dispute namely England and Wales and California.
- Cases
- Forum Conveniens
- Jurisdiction
- Child Maintenance
- Variation
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Forum Disputes
- Enforcement
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P v B (Permission to appeal an arbitral award: children) [2025] EWFC 69 (B)10 January 2025
Permission to appeal heard by HHJ Robertson involving a challenge to an arbitral determination in a children matter. Held that the powers of an arbitrator to re-open issues in a case are different to those of a judge, as they operate in different spheres, under different rules and to achieve different outcomes.
- Cases
- arbitration
- Appeals
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Mary-Jane Grace and Ian Douglas Grace [2025] EWFC 37 (B)10 January 2025
HHJ Farquhar. Straightforward financial remedy proceedings continued an additional 2½ years after the agreement at the FDR. Significant litigation misconduct, far beyond acceptable standards, resulting in striking delay and wasted costs orders; criticism also of conduct of W’s solicitor. The judgment provides useful guidance on anonymisation in financial remedy judgments where there is litigation misconduct.
- Cases
- Anonymity and Transparency
- Conduct
- Delay
- Costs
- Litigation Misconduct
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SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC 710 January 2025
Nicholas Allen KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Application for a legal services payment order within high net worth financial remedy proceedings.
- Cases
- Financial Remedies Court (FRC)
- Maintenance Pending Suit
- Legal Services Payment Orders
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ST v AR [2025] EWFC 49 January 2025
HHJ Vincent (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Final hearing in a high-value case. Court making findings on whether H’s large inheritance had been matrimonialised, W’s entitlement to a second home, and who should be awarded the family home.
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Needs
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RI v NG [2025] EWFC 9 (B)7 January 2025
DJ Ashworth. The parties agreed to marry in February 2024 and the wedding was scheduled to take place on 15 May 2024, but was later called off on 30 April 2024. It was the applicant’s case that the respondent had been removing various items of jewellery not yet gifted to her from his property without his knowledge or consent.
- Cases
- Chattels
- Engagement
- Married Women's Property Act 1982
- Return of Items
- Separation
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