Final Reflections on Standish: Was It All Worthwhile?

If asked, Mr Standish may say that three rounds of litigation, with another to follow, were worth it – Mrs Standish, perhaps not. But for lawyers, with many questions left unanswered, and a feeling that the opportunity to settle the law on matrimonialisation with clarity and certainty has passed us by, it may not have been worthwhile.

• Blog

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Matrimonialisation

• Calum Smith

!09/07/2025 10:15

OS v DT and Post-Separation Income: Fairness Trumps Inflexibility

In a previous post Nicholas Allen KC considered the potential impact of Waggott v Waggott [2018] 2 FLR 406 on the argument that income (or the assets or capital generated therefrom) earned in or referable to the first 12 months post-separation should be classed as matrimonial property to which the sharing principle applies. This issue has now been revisited in OS v DT [2025] EWFC 156 (B) per HHJ Hess.

• Blog

• Post-Separation Accrual

• Nicholas Allen KC
• Michael Allum

!08/07/2025 07:00

Adodo v Tan [2025] EWFC 184 (B)27 June 2025

HHJ Rodgers. Re-hearing following an appeal to the Court of Appeal against a final order made by District Judge Severn on 10 October 2022. On appeal, it was held there had been a misunderstanding of crucial funds available overseas, leading to a fundamentally flawed final decision.

• Cases

• Overseas Assets
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Sharing
• Departure From Equality
• Costs

• Lillian Garnier

PZ v ZD (Financial Remedies: Needs: Adverse Inferences: Taking of Evidence from Outside the Jurisdiction) [2025] EWFC 171 (B)20 March 2025

Judgment by DDJ G Evans in a modest asset case involving significant non-disclosure and the taking of evidence from a respondent in a non-Hague Convention jurisdiction (here, Pakistan).

• Cases

• Indemnity Against Unknown Liabilities
• Adverse Inferences
• Attendance From Outside The Jurisdiction
• Debts
• Needs

• Alex Byrne

Dervis v Deniz [2025] EWHC 902 (Ch)11 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

• Lucy Taylor (Coram Chambers)