Cases
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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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XO v YO & Anor [2022] EWFC 11422 September 2022
HHJ Hess. Financial remedies decision concerning whether English court had jurisdiction to determine a claim in respect of immovable property situated outside England where the claim is based on equity; and can adverse inferences be drawn from a party’s f…
- Cases
- Foreign Assets
- Disclosure
- Jurisdiction
- Conduct
- Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and Their Recognition
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HA v WA v BV [2022] EWFC 11027 September 2022
Sir Jonathan Cohen. Issue between the parties in relation to beneficial ownership of a property held in the W’s sole name. H’s case was that the property belonged legally and beneficially to the W, where the W’s case was that the property was beneficially…
- Cases
- Trusts
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Pierburg v Pierburg [2022] EWHC 2701 (Fam)9 September 2022
Facts Moor J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application made by Clarissa Gisela Pierburg (‘W’) for financial provision after an overseas divorce pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984. The respondent was Jurgen Pierburg (‘H’)…
- Cases
- Repudiation
- Agreements
- Jurisdiction
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
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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
- Financial Remedies Court (FRC)
- Striking Out Applications
- Valuation of Shares
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
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Quashie v Solomon [2022] UKPC 3430 September 2022
Emlyn Quashie (Administratrix Pendente Lite of the Estate of the Deceased Beresford Solomon) (Appellant) v Ayana Solomon (Respondent) (Trinidad and Tobago) [2022] UKPC 34.
- Cases
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Ralph v Given [2022] EWHC 2395 (KB)23 September 2022
Freedman J. Claimant’s application for summary judgment in relation to application to deliver up an Aston Martin DBX and a Range Rover Sport or damages for conversion. C argued these were gifts. The claimant (C) and defendant (D) were engaged, but separat…
- Cases
- Chattels
- Gifts
- Cohabitation
- Summary Judgment
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SA v FA [2022] EWFC 1159 September 2022
HHJ Hess. Judgment concerning divorce proceedings, domicile and the most appropriate forum.The parties met and married in England; the W was originally from South Africa. They had moved to the UAE in 2008 and remained there due to the H’s job; both appear…
- Cases
- divorce
- Jurisdiction
- Domicile
- Forum
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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
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CF v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] UKUT 271 (AAC)10 October 2022
Upper Tribunal Judge Wikeley. Decision in relation to proper procedure in child maintenance appeals. First tier judge had determined F’s appeal (against decision that child was still a qualifying child) on paper without hearing. Rule 27 of the Tribunal Pr…
- Cases
- Child Support Appeal Procedure
- Child Support
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