Standish – Reporting Remotely from the Front Line

On Wednesday 30 April 2025 I was sat at home in London, feeling somewhat retired but eager to know what the Supreme Court has to say about matrimonialisation of property and the sharing principle. So too were Mr and Mrs Standish.

• Blog

• Sharing Principle
• Gifts

• Holly Symonds

!02/05/2025 11:11

DSD v MJW (Costs of MPS) [2025] EWFC 119 (B)24 April 2025

DDJ David Hodson. Proportionality and maintenance pending suit (MPS), a cautionary tale. In this case the DDJ concluded that the game was very much not worth the candle, and the application turned out to be very costly for the applicant wife.

• Cases

• Interim Relief
• Maintenance Pending Suit

• Elizabeth Bowden

The PAG2 Guide – What Has Changed?

The publication of the Pension Advisory Group (PAG2) guidance in December 2023 marked the end of another lengthy and significant piece of interdisciplinary work by experienced practitioners in the field of pensions on divorce. The aim of this piece is to focus just on the material changes in what is now referred to as the PAG2 guide.

• Blog

• Pensions on Divorce

• Paul Cobley
• Rhys Taylor | Vice Chair of the Editorial Board & Journal Editor

!22/01/2024 11:43

Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 56723 May 2024

Landmark decision where Court of Appeal reduces W’s award by £20 million. Lord Justice Moylan, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Phillips.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Sharing
• Gifts
• Matrimonialisation
• Tax
• Autonomy
• Trusts

• Sophia Paraskeva

Apportioning Pension Assets to the Marital Period in Divorce

Dividing pension assets is critical for a fair divorce settlement. This summary focuses on pension sharing, the legal splitting of pension rights between divorcing parties via a Pension Sharing Order, applicable in England and Wales.

• Blog

• Pensions

• Paul Windle

!01/05/2025 13:00