ED v AP [2025] EWFC 399

[2026] 1 FRJ 43. Despite PAG1 and W v H [2020] EWFC B10 stressing the importance of treating a case on its own facts, somehow a view developed that pensions should inevitably be divided to achieve equality of income in all ‘needs’ cases. The source is unclear, but it’s worth starting with PAG1.

Recorder Rhys Taylor. Final hearing in W’s financial remedy application before Recorder Taylor in a case involving significant non-disclosure and non-engagement by H.

In this seven-day final hearing of a long marriage with adult children, the computation and distribution of a variety of assets were determined by a robust analysis and application of the case law by Mr Nicholas Allen KC.