Calum Smith
Published: 28/10/2022 14:04
Calum Smith is a pupil at 1 Hare Court.
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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
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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
- Variation of Settlements
- Trusts
- Conduct
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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
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Child Maintenance
- Child Support
- Variation Applications
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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
- Companies
- Legal Services Payment Orders
- Professional Ethics
- Conduct
- Costs
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
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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
- Conduct
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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
- Conduct
- Managing Difficult Hearings
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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
- Costs
- Defended Divorce
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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
- Compensation Principle
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WD v MH [2022] EWFC 16218 November 2022
Mr Recorder Rhys Taylor. H was 66 and W 61. Short marriage.Within judicial separation proceedings (although neither party could confirm why such were preferred to divorce), the parties agreed (the 2008 Agreement), inter alia, the following:H to pay W a lu…
- Cases
- Delay
- Costs
- Agreements