Alexandra Hampton | Assistant Case Editor
Published: 09/02/2022 12:19
Alex is a junior barrister at Queen Elizabeth Building. She is building a practice across the full spectrum of private family law, with a particular focus on financial remedies.
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Traharne v Limb [2022] EWFC 27
Cohen J. Final hearing in W’s financial remedies application in which argument centred on a post-nuptial agreement (PNA) entered into by the parties shortly prior to separation. W argued that she had been subjected to coercive and controlling behaviour an…
- Cases
- Conduct
- Agreements
- Costs
- Needs
!31/03/2022 09:00
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WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreement) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 22
Peel J.W’s financial remedy application resulted in a needs-based award of £7.45m net (c.60%). H was from a very wealthy family, and the parties’ lifestyle had been funded by H’s father via annual gifts which had ceased since the divorce proceedings. A po…
- Cases
- Needs
- Efficient Conduct
- Prospective Inheritance
- Agreements
!22/03/2022 09:00
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Re A (Schedule 1, Overspend, Costs Clawback) [2022] EWFC 21
Recorder Chandler QC.Schedule 1 proceedings in which M sought that F clear all her liabilities and provide additional periodical payments above the agreed £8,000 pcm for the costs of a nanny.M was described as 'spending money as if it was going out of fas…
- Cases
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Costs
!21/03/2022 09:00
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MG v GM [2022] EWFC 8
MPS and LSPO application by W in a case described by Peel J as 'a battle royale' ([3]). Each party denied holding liquid assets, and asserted the other had access to significant wealth. Peel J decided that in these circumstances he must be circumspect. It…
- Cases
- Legal Services Payment Orders
- Maintenance Pending Suit
- Interim Relief
!01/03/2022 15:04
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UD v DN (Schedule 1, Children Act 1989; Capital Provision) [2021] EWCA Civ 1947
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
!21/12/2021 10:00
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Austin v Haynes [2021] EWCA Civ 1919
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
- Enforcement
- Variation
!15/12/2021 14:53
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A v R (Financial Remedy: Pension Offsetting) (Rev1) [2021] EWFC B102
DDJ M Davies.H (66) and W (52) were married for 21 years, with three children. The liquid assets were £933,495, with £552,900 of equity in the FMH, and both parties held USS pensions with CEVs of c.£1.18m (H) and c.£243,000 (W). H sought a straightforward…
- Cases
- Experts
- Pensions on Divorce
!08/12/2021 15:25
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Her Royal Highness Haya Bint Al Hussein v His Highness Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum [2021] EWFC 94
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
- Evidence
- Conduct
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Duxbury Capitalisation
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Child Maintenance
!19/11/2021 14:54
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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2021] EWHC 3086 (Fam)
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
- TOLATA Claims
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
!18/11/2021 08:00
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MG v AR [2021] EWHC 3133 (Fam)
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
- Costs
- Security for costs
!16/11/2021 08:05
