
Thomas Braithwaite
Published: 06/05/2023 15:26
Thomas Braithwaite is a pupil at Harcourt Chambers developing a practice across all of Chambers’ areas of expertise but with a particular interest in all things financial remedy.
Published: 06/05/2023 15:26
Thomas Braithwaite is a pupil at Harcourt Chambers developing a practice across all of Chambers’ areas of expertise but with a particular interest in all things financial remedy.
Chattels are often in dispute between parties to financial remedy proceedings. However their division is something their lawyers are very happy not to get involved with. Little is more likely to lead to a sigh of relief than the words ‘Chattels – to be divided by agreement’.
!28/04/2025 14:00
District Judge Veal. Alleged material non-disclosure, W’s totally without merit application issued in October 2024 after seven rounds of litigation including W’s D50K application, settled by agreement, made when she knew about H’s alleged non-disclosure. W ordered to pay costs on indemnity basis. Warning given regarding the use of websites leading to jigsaw identification and thereby breaching FPR 9.46(3).
A fast-track pilot scheme for financial remedy cases is running from 7 April 2025 to 3 April 2026 in courts in the north of England. It applies by default to all cases started there where net assets (excluding pensions) are less than £250,000. It is possible to request to be removed from the express pilot and it will be interesting to follow the numbers of cases where that is granted.
!25/04/2025 14:00
HHJ Tindal. An unusual case, involving two appeals arising from longstanding TLATA claims involving the former family home. Mr Needham’s application to vary the consent order which was made in 2017 was refused. He sought ‘permission to apply’ to set aside that refusal, permission being required because of an LCRO. Permission to apply was refused; Mr Needham appealed. This judgment deals with his application to set aside that refusal.
Cobb J. Application for an extension of an extended civil restraint order and an application for further financial orders within long-running financial remedy proceedings.
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