Cases
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Goodyear v Goodyear (Deceased) [2022] EWFC 9612 August 2022
HHJ Farquhar. Application by the husband to set aside a pension sharing order (‘PSO’) following the death of the wife. The application was opposed by the executor’s of the wife’s estate. The fundamental issue was whether the death…
- Cases
- Pensions on Divorce
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
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AB v CD [2022] EWFC 11629 July 2022
Roberts J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application to set aside a consent order made in financial remedy proceedings, and a responding application to strike out or summarily dismiss H’s application. The parties were both independently wealthy and had a sho…
- Cases
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
- Striking Out Applications
- Valuation of Shares
- Financial Remedies Court (FRC)
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Barclay v Barclay [2022] EWHC 2026 (Fam)28 July 2022
Cohen J. Three judgment summonses brought by Lady Hiroko Barclay against former husband Sir Frederick Barclay for admitted breaches of (1) two £50m lump sum financial remedy orders from 2021, (2) a legal services payment order, and (3) arrears of maintena…
- Cases
- Enforcement
- Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses
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Nieman v Withers LLP [2022] EWHC 2237 (QB)19 July 2022
Andrew Baker J. H brought a claim against Withers LLP on the ground that Withers had provided him with negligent advice in the context of his divorce, and that the terms agreed with W by way of financial settlement following their divorce were not as good…
- Cases
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X v C [2022] EWFC 7912 July 2022
HHJ Farquhar.Modest asset financial remedy case published as part of commitment to publication of court judgments at all levels. Assets comprised FMH H’s sole name, net equity c.£258k; a house owned by W and her former husband in which the latt…
- Cases
- Housing Need
- Tax
- Pensions on Divorce
- Conduct
- Needs
- Section 25(1) First Consideration
- Publicity and Confidentiality
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Brake & Anor v Guy & Ors [2022] EWHC 1746 (Ch)11 July 2022
HHJ Paul Matthews. Application for a third party debt order (TPDO; formerly a garnishee order) against the trustees of Mr Brake’s SIPP. The debt was in relation to the costs of litigation lost by Mr Brake.Brake had already taken the tax-free lump su…
- Cases
- Enforcement
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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
- Costs
- Millionaire's Defence
- Trusts
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
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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
- Valuations
- Duration of the Marriage
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
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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
