Cases
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Williams v Williams [2023] EWHC 2479 (Fam)28 February 2024
Moor J: H held in contempt for failing to comply with orders; sentenced to 56 days’ imprisonment, suspended for 28 days, to allow filing of sworn Form E.
- Cases
- Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses
- Costs
- Freezing Injunctions
- Legal Services Payment Orders
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Tousi v Gaydukova [2024] EWCA Civ 2036 March 2024
McFarlane P, Moylan and Holroyde LJJ. Are the parties to a void marriage able to apply for a transfer of tenancy as cohabitants, and does the lex loci celebrationis determine the ramifications of invalidity?
- Cases
- Void Marriage
- Locus Lex Celebrationis
- Validity of marriage
- Jurisdiction
- Transfer of Tenancy
- Non-Qualifying Ceremony
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SP v QR [2024] EWFC 57 (B)12 March 2024
HHJ Hess. Schedule 1 application with a ‘more modest’ asset base regarding residence in a property subject to a mortgage and ‘top-up’ maintenance for a disabled child.
- Cases
- 'Top-up' Maintenance
- Child Maintenance
- Costs
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Needs of a Disabled Child
- Housing Need
- Child Support
- Needs
- Child's Needs
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BL v OR [2023] EWFC 229 (Fam)7 December 2023
Sir Jonathan Cohen. Final hearing involving a prenuptial agreement in circumstances where W had transferred her property, which amounted to W parting with the bulk of her assets.
- Cases
- Duxbury Capitalisation
- Agreements
- Needs
- Housing Need
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AW v RH (Preliminary Issue: Third Party Rights), Re [2024] EWFC 545 March 2024
HHJ Willans. Dispute with third parties regarding the ownership of two properties and whether they should be treated as matrimonial property.
- Cases
- TOLATA Claims
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Third Party Rights
- Trusts of Land
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Re X (Financial Remedy: Non-Court Dispute Resolution) [2024] EWHC 538 (Fam)8 March 2024
Knowles J; impact of Churchill on family proceedings. Incoming changes to FPR from 29 April 2024 will enable court to adjourn proceedings for ADR with potential costs consequences for non-engagement.
- Cases
- Mediation
- Family Procedure Rules
- NCDR
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
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C v D (No 2) (2007 Hague Convention) [2024] EWFC 3627 February 2024
MacDonald J underlines the limited circumstances in which the registration of a maintenance order pursuant to the Hague Convention 2007 may be appealed successfully.
- Cases
- International Enforcement
- Child Support
- Jurisdiction
- Child Maintenance
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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
- Life Expectancy
- Housing Need
- Foreign Assets
- Valuations
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Needs
- Companies
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VS v KS [2023] EWHC 3475 (Fam)20 November 2023
Arbuthnot J. H’s application for a stay of the financial remedy proceedings in favour of proceedings in Monaco.
- Cases
- Jurisdiction
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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2023] EWHC 3438 (Fam)20 December 2023
Moor J. Claim for damages in relation to breach of a Part III MFPA 1984 order and TLATA order made in 2021.
- Cases
- Delayed Sale
- Damages
- Costs
- Sale of Property
- TOLATA
- Valuations
- Enforcement
- Financial Remedies Court (FRC)