Cases
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JQ v IQ [2025] EWFC 192 (B)23 June 2025
HHJ Vincent. A Pakistani divorce was deemed to be valid in the UK on public policy grounds and permission was granted for the wife to bring financial remedies proceedings in this jurisdiction.This hearing concerned the wife’s application under s 13…
- Cases
- Jurisdiction
- Divorce Orders
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- International Enforcement
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Dervis v Deniz [2025] EWHC 90211 April 2025
Edwin Johnson J. TLATA judgment setting out the circumstances in which a new claim can be pursued on appeal, the law regarding the ‘release’ of one’s beneficial interest in property to another joint tenant, and the differences between re…
- Cases
- TLATA Claims
- Property
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Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 262 July 2025
Lord Burrows and Lord Stephens (with whom Lord Reed, Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lady Simler agree). The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed W’s appeal, upheld the Court of Appeal’s decision, and clarified application of the sharing principle and matrimonialisation.
- Cases
- Sharing Principle
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
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JP v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and LH [2025] UKUT 1627 March 2025
Upper Tribunal Judge Citron. Application for a variation to a child support maintenance calculation under regs 69 or 69A of the Child Support Maintenance Calculation Regulations 2012. Interpretation of s 8(6) CSA 1991. Error of law immaterial when liability exceeds statutory cap anyway.
- Cases
- Child Maintenance
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M v B [2025] EWFC 18225 June 2025
Sir Jonathan Cohen (sitting as a judge of the High Court). Financial remedy proceedings considering the court’s power to strike out applications under FPR 4.4, having regard to the effect of FPR 9.9A.
- Cases
- 'Thwaite Jurisdiction'
- Executory Orders
- Striking Out Applications
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MNV v CNV [2025] EWFC 176 (B)19 June 2025
DDJ Bradshaw. Drastic change in personal circumstances results in add-back in small money case.
- Cases
- Liabilities
- Housing Need
- Small Money
- Mortgage Capacity
- Costs
- Soft Loans
- Needs
- Earning Capacity
- Add-Backs
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A Local Authority v X (Attendance of Experts) [2025] EWFC 1373 June 2025
MacDonald J gave guidance on the question of when and how the court is to exercise its case management power to enable an expert to attend a hearing to give oral evidence under FPR 25.9(2). The question is whether it is ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ for the expert to do so – there is no gloss of exceptionality, and each case must be determined on its own facts.
- Cases
- Experts
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A v B [2025] EWFC 12714 April 2025
Trowell J. Application for a lump sum for litigation costs under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 in relation to proceedings under s 8 of the Children Act 1989.
- Cases
- Costs
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
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Tickle v The Father & Ors [2025] EWFC 1609 June 2025
Henke J. Procedural judgment in children proceedings reaffirming legal protections for journalistic sources and highlighting the limits of transparency in the family courts.
- Cases
- Transparency
- Publicity and Confidentiality
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GR v AR [2025] EWFC 143 (B)10 March 2025
HHJ Hess (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Application of the sharing principle and dispute over matrimonial vs non matrimonial property in HNW financial remedy case.
- Cases
- Sharing Principle
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Shares
- High Net Worth
- Family Home
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