
Cases: Valuations
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BR v BR [2025] EWFC 884 April 2025
Peel J. Final Hearing in Ultra High Net Worth FR case involving valuations of complex business structures.
- Cases
- Sharing Principle
- Company Valuations
- Wells Sharing
- Experts
- Companies
- Costs
- Valuations
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AB v CD & Ors [2025] EWFC 95813 February 2025
HHJ Richard Williams. Judgment following a trial of a preliminary issue in financial remedy proceedings to determine (a) if a transfer of shares was made with the intention to defeat a claim for financial relief and should therefore be set aside and (b) if a loan had been made and, if so, if it had since been waived.
- Cases
- Loans
- Valuations
- Trusts
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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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Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 38920 December 2024
Cusworth J. A long marriage with substantial wealth, held mostly in H’s green energy business. Questions of how to treat political donations; attributing value to pre- and post-marital business efforts; and discounting the value of a business already sold.
- Cases
- Companies
- Valuations
- Add-Backs
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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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WW v XX [2024] EWFC 330 (B)11 October 2024
HHJ Hess. Final hearing involving valuation and matrimonial nature of business.
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Experts
- Companies
- Valuations
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ED v OF [2024] EWFC 2979 September 2024
Cusworth J. Financial remedy proceedings relating to the valuation and division of a high-value music catalogue as a key matrimonial asset.
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Companies
- Tax
- Valuations
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LMZ v AMZ [2024] EWFC 2812 February 2024
Moor J. A striking age difference, 48 years between the parties, gives rise to a strong needs-based claim.
- Cases
- Foreign Assets
- Life Expectancy
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Housing Need
- Companies
- Needs
- Valuations
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BR v BR [2024] EWFC 1130 January 2024
Peel J. When should a single joint expert (SJE) be instructed rather than two or more separately instructed experts in financial remedy proceedings?
- Cases
- Experts
- Costs
- Business Assets
- Valuations
- First Appointments
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WX v HX [2023] EWFC 279 (B)21 December 2023
Mr Recorder Day’s judgment in a case involving complex procedural history, intervenors, non-disclosure and a ‘fragile’ business valuation. Of note is Recorder Day’s inclusion of his earlier decision to refuse a Hadkinson order. The judgment sets out the law of financial remedies clearly and succinctly: it should be mandatory reading for pupils/trainees.
- Cases
- Hadkinson Orders
- Disclosure
- Costs
- Business Valuation
- Valuations
- Intervenors