Calum Smith
Published: 28/10/2022 14:04
Calum Smith completed his pupillage in October 2023 under the supervision of Tom Harvey, Jude Allen and Josh Viney.
Calum has quickly developed a broad and busy practice covering all areas of family law. During his pupillage, he worked closely on cases at all levels from the County Court to the Court of Appeal and has been instructed in his own right in financial remedy cases with assets as high as £5m.
Despite a particular focus on financial remedy work, Calum accepts instructions in applications brought under TLATA and the Family Law Act 1996 and has extensive experience in private children disputes.
Prior to joining chambers, Calum worked as a paralegal at a specialist family law firm in London. Before that, he was a fee earner at a high street firm in Merseyside for a number of years.
Source not Title: Some First Reflections on Standish
On 15 and 16 November 2023, Standish v Standish came before a Court of Appeal comprising King, Moylan and Phillips LJJ. 189 days later, Moylan LJ delivered the court’s unanimous decision: Mrs Standish’s (‘W’) appeal was dismissed, and Mr Standish’s (‘H’) appeal allowed, subject to the matter being remitted for a needs-based assessment of W’s claims.
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Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf [2023] EWCA Civ 106522 September 2023
King, Moylan and Peter Jackson LJJ. An appeal brought against the decision of Mostyn J concerning the approach the court should take when faced with an application to rescind a decree nisi.
- Cases
- Setting Aside a Decree Nisi
Goddard-Watts – The Second Sequel: Fraud Unravels All, Sometimes
The words ‘Goddard-Watts’ may cause a feeling of déjà vu for financial remedy practitioners. After their separation and divorce (in 2009 and 2010, respectively) the parties settled by consent the financial relief claims arising from the…
- Journal
- Fraud
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Rose v Rose & Ors [2022] EWFC 19225 November 2022
His Honour Judge Booth (sitting as a Judge of the High Court pursuant to s 9 SCA 1981).How should the court ‘deal with a respondent husband who has been dishonest throughout, has failed to comply with court orders, has failed to provide relevant fin…
- Cases
- Conduct
- Variation of Settlements
- Trusts
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James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)19 April 2023
Mostyn J. An appeal concerning the correct approach to the calculation of child maintenance liability in which Mostyn J adds to the ever-expanding repository of family law acronyms.
- Cases
- Publicity and Confidentiality
- Child Maintenance
- Variation Applications
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Child Support
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Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2023] EWFC 504 April 2023
Sir Jonathan Cohen. The latest and, one hopes, final episode in a legal saga involving financial remedy, jurisdiction and children litigation spaning 60 hearings between Russia and England, in which H alone had sought counsel and legal advice from 7 firms…
- Cases
- Conduct
- Companies
- Costs
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Professional Ethics
- Legal Services Payment Orders
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G v G (Confiscation Order: Conduct) [2023] EWFC 1626 January 2023
HHJ Robinson. The Husband ('H') was 53, the Wife ('W') 50. Having cohabited from 1999 and married in 2006, the parties had two children of ages 15 and 11. W was a secretary but a debilitating illness precluded her from working. H was a doctor before he wa…
- Cases
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A (former wife) v A (former husband) [2023] EWFC 412 January 2023
Recorder Laura Moys. Helpful approach to case management with exceptionally difficult LiP.W was 57, H 59. They separated after 30 years of marriage, producing one child (now aged 30). The assets were worth £1.3m. W was a manager at her local county counci…
- Cases
- Managing Difficult Hearings
- Conduct
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W v H (Contested Divorce) [2022] EWFC 1502 November 2022
HHJ Greensmith. H defended W’s petition for divorce. The parties were 45. H was a doctor and W a social worker. They married in Australia in 2014 and separated in 2017. They have three children.This was not H’s first round of contested divorce/financial r…
- Cases
- Intermediaries
- Defended Divorce
- Costs
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TM v KM [2022] EWFC 1552 December 2022
HHJ Hess. Application of compensation principle. W was 50 and had attended what many consider to be the finest business school in the world before a highly successful career in investment finance. In 2006 and 2007, before she ceased work, W earned £505,00…
- Cases
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