Polly Morgan | Case Editor
Published: 07/02/2022 15:44
Polly is the sole author of the textbook Morgan's Family Law (Oxford University Press 2021) and contributes the chapter on financial remedies to Lamont's Family Law (2nd edn Oxford University Press 2022). An associate professor at UEA Law School, Polly is also Director of the multi award-winning UEA Law Clinic. A solicitor and law firm co-founder, she now practises exclusively in the free family law advice clinic of Norfolk Community Law Service. She is a Transparency Project committee member, former Chair of collaborative pod Good Divorce Group Norfolk, and a former committee member of the Norfolk & Norwich Law Society and Norfolk Resolution.
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WK v GC [2023] EWFC 15128 April 2023
HHJ Hess. Approach to quantifying capitalisation of spousal maintenance some years after original order.
- Cases
- Duxbury Capitalisation
- Variation Applications
- Pensions on Divorce
- Spousal Maintenance (Quantum)
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Michael Spencer v Estate of John Spencer (Deceased) & Ors [2023] EWHC 2050 (Ch)9 August 2023
Rajah J. Proprietary estoppel case involving a farm including approach to detriment and remedy post-Guest.
- Cases
- TOLATA
- Proprietary Estoppel
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Hughes v Pritchard and Others [2023] EWHC 1382 (Ch)12 June 2023
HHJ Keyser KC. Propriety estoppel case. Cattle farmer Evan Hughes died leaving three children, the claimant Gareth Hughes, the defendant Carys Richards, and another child, Elfed, whose widow Gwen Hughes was the second defendant. The remaining defendants w…
- Cases
- Detrimental Reliance
- Proprietary Estoppel
- Unconscionability
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DR v UG [2023] EWFC 685 April 2023
Moor J. The parties were Danish. H was aged 57 and W aged 49. Children aged 18, 16, and 16. Married 2004, marriage broke down in 2019.H was CEO of a drugs manufacturer but staged a management buy-out which gave him 70% shares. His purchase was funded…
- Cases
- Valuations
- Special Contribution
- Sharing Principle
- Delay
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Koukash v Koukash [2022] EWHC 1001 (Fam)11 April 2022
Cohen J. Appeal from decision of HHJ Greensmith on quantification of lump sum, which had been based on privileged FDR documents.The first instance judge had to determine what amount of lump sum was to be paid by H to W. Both H and W had on and off legal r…
- Cases
- Privilege
- Appeals
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RL v NL [2023] EWFC 759 May 2023
HHJ Madeleine Reardon KC. Striking out of Husband’s application to set aside a financial remedy order made in 1995. The FR order provided that H was to transfer his interest in FMH to W and thereafter there was to be a clean break, but the transfer…
- Cases
- Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)
- Delay
- Striking Out Applications
Financial Remedies Case Round-Up (Mid-January to mid-April 2023)
When Australian legislators introduced a statutory presumption that both parents should have a meaningful relationship with their child, applications to Australian family courts increased as parties thought their cases were the exceptions to the presumpti…
- Journal
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Hasan v Ul-Hasan (Deceased) & Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam)2 July 2021
Mostyn J. Does an unadjudicated claim by a wife under Part III Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 survive the death of the husband and thus be continued against his estate? This is the first instance judgment including certification to appeal dir…
- Cases
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
- Maintenance as a Cause of Action
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Joanne Lewis v Cunningtons Solicitors [2023] EWHC 822 (KB)31 March 2023
HHJ Coe KC. Successful negligence claim in relation to pensions advice on divorce.The Claimant, after receiving some advice from the Defendants, but in the absence of full disclosure, entered into direct discussions with her husband and then instructed th…
- Cases
- Professional Negligence
- Pensions on Divorce
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Dignam-Thomas and Bebbington v McCourt and Another (Inheritance Act 1975) [2023] EWHC 546 (Fam)14 March 2023
Theis J. Application by two sisters in parlous financial and physical health for reasonable financial provision from their father’s estate, the estate having been left to their brother. Application was limited by 1975 Act to what was reasonable in a…
- Cases
- Inheritance Act Applications
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