Cases
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MG v AR [2021] EWHC 3133 (Fam)16 November 2021
Mostyn J.In the first reported judgment on security for costs since the advent of the FPR, Mostyn J gives a helpful review of the applicable principles in family cases. Unlike in civil case law, he considers that the rarity of costs orders requires the co…
- Cases
- Security for costs
- Costs
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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2021] EWHC 3086 (Fam)18 November 2021
Moor J.W’s applications under TOLATA and Part III MFPA concerning three properties in London. H and W were Kuwaiti nationals. W had received a financial award from the Kuwait Court in 2019.This appears to be the first reported case where jurisdiction was…
- Cases
- TLATA Applications
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
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L v L [2021] EWFC B835 November 2021
HHJ Booth.Equal sharing of a combined c.£24m interest in a business acquired from H’s father prior to the 19-year marriage held to apply. H’s shareholding was restructured 3 years prior to separation. The character of this restructuring, which had provide…
- Cases
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Companies
- Costs
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Austin v Haynes [2021] EWCA Civ 191915 December 2021
Moylan LJ (judgment), Underhill LJ and Davies LJ. The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against, inter alia, (a) an interim charging order to enforce arrears of sums due under a consent order in Schedule 1 proceedings; and (b) an order varying an obliga…
- Cases
- Variation
- Enforcement
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Her Royal Highness Haya Bint Al Hussein v His Highness Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum [2021] EWFC 9419 November 2021
Moor J.High profile applications by W under Schedule 1, Part III MFPA and the Married Women’s Property Act 1882 concluded with a record-breaking award. Lump sum awarded to W of £251.5m including capitalised security costs (for W for life, the children to…
- Cases
- Child Maintenance
- Conduct
- Evidence
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Duxbury Capitalisation
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UD v DN (Schedule 1, Children Act 1989; Capital Provision) [2021] EWCA Civ 194721 December 2021
Moylan LJ (judgment), King LJ and Newey LJ.The Court of Appeal allowed a father’s appeal against a settlement of property order in favour of the parties’ two younger children (17 and 12 at the date of the application, 19 and 14 at final hearing). The orde…
- Cases
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
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UD v DN [2021] EWCA Civ 194721 December 2021
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UD-v-DN-judgment.pdf
- Cases
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
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P v Q (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC B9 (10 February 2022)10 February 2022
HHJ Hess. Financial remedy proceedings in which parties’ respective parents had provided them with funds to enhance their lifestyle, which court held to be soft loans rather than gifts. Discussion of importance of determining whether hard/soft; gives some…
- Cases
- Companies
- Add-Backs
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Bailey v Bailey (Committal) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 5 (4 February 2022)4 February 2022
Peel J.W’s application for committal of H and two others for breaches of financial remedy order following ‘almost interminable’ proceedings. H argued that the earlier financial remedy judgment (as opposed to order) was not admissible in the current applic…
- Cases
- Foreign Assets
- Admissibility of Civil Judgments in Other Proceedings
- Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses
- International Enforcement
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Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 6 (21 February 2022)21 February 2022
Mostyn J.Ultra high net worth couple. This judgment relates to W’s application for interim maintenance -- there was significant disparity (£99,000 per month) between the parties’ respective positions on quantum. Moylan LJ’s comments in Rattan v Kuwad [202…
- Cases
- Interim Relief
- Agreements
- Maintenance Pending Suit
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