Cases
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V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B)19 December 2024
HHJ Booth. Appeal from a final order in a modest asset case, in which the court was tasked with balancing the needs of a party suffering from a serious disability and the needs of the primary carer of the children of the family.
- Cases
- Housing Need
- Appeals
- Mesher Orders and Deferred Charges
- Needs
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GO v YA [2024] EWFC 41113 December 2024
HHJ Hess sitting as Deputy High Court Judge. Discussion of valuing art and H’s art business, the difficulties of valuing large collections of art, and problems that can arise when experts are not cross-examined at final hearing.
- Cases
- Experts
- Valuations
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Ogbedo v Oghenerume-Taiga [2024] EWHC 3193 (Fam)12 December 2024
Sir Jonathan Cohen. This is a successful application of NO (herein referred to as ‘F’) to strike out MT’s (herein referred to as ‘M’) application for nullity pursuant to FPR 4.4 on the basis that it was an abuse of the court’s process. The court applied the test in HMRC v Kishore [2021] EWCA 1565.
- Cases
- Nullity
- Jurisdiction
- Divorce Orders
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Striking Out Applications
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On v On [2024] EWFC 37911 December 2024
HHJ Booth (now retired), sitting as a High Court judge, considered whether the duty of full and frank disclosure ends at the arbitration hearing, the judgment, and also whether the arbitral award should be treated as a ‘judgment’. Held: the duty of full and frank disclosure continued until the final disposition of the claims by the court.
- Cases
- Dishonesty
- arbitration
- Disclosure
- Fraud
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AJ v FJ (Appeal Against Registration) [2024] EWFC 3566 December 2024
MacDonald J. This matter concerned a successful appeal against the decision of the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre to register a Polish interim maintenance order obtained by the respondent from the District Court in Jelenia Gora on 15 December 2022.
- Cases
- Jurisdiction
- Child Maintenance
- Appeals
- 2007 Hague Convention
- Enforcement
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HKW v CRH [2024] EWFC 358 (B)4 December 2024
DDJ Rose. Final hearing in modest asset case. Court making findings on the validity of H’s purported loans/gifts to the parties’ children. Consideration of the Kimber factors concerning point of cohabitation.
- Cases
- Conduct
- Add-Backs
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AF v GF [2024] EWHC 3478 (Fam)25 November 2024
Mr Geoffrey Kingscote KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Useful analysis of business matrimonialisation and quantification of assets, including the valuation of pre-marital business interests. The judgment clearly covers the two-stage exercise in Charman v Charman [2007] EWCA Civ 503 to add-back jurisprudence, the fragility of company valuations, matrimonialisation of pre-marital assets, and share transfers.
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Company Valuations
- Add-Backs
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KD v SD [2024] EWFC 334 (B)18 November 2024
District Judge Hatvany. Final hearing in a needs case concerning a relatively short marriage where the breadwinner and main financial contributor is now also the primary carer for the children.
- Cases
- Contributions
- Needs
- Short Marriage
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Duncan Needham v Susan Rosemary Ellis [2024] EWCC 2915 November 2024
HHJ Tindal. An unusual case, involving two appeals arising from longstanding TLATA claims involving the former family home. Mr Needham’s application to vary the consent order which was made in 2017 was refused. He sought ‘permission to apply’ to set aside that refusal, permission being required because of an LCRO. Permission to apply was refused; Mr Needham appealed. This judgment deals with his application to set aside that refusal.
- Cases
- TLATA Claims
- Appeals
- Civil Restraint Orders
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TO v GA (Financial Remedies: Deferred Sale) [2024] EWFC 405 (B)12 November 2024
Deputy District Judge Harrop publishes a judgment as a good example of the decisions district judges have to make in ‘everyday’ financial remedy cases.
- Cases
- Housing Need
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