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Financial Remedies Journal – 2026 Issue 2 | Summer
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Uncertain Futures in Pensions Enforcement – What happened to Blight v Brewster?
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P v M (Appeal: Unfair Hearing: Variation of Periodical Payments: Global Orders) [2026] EWHC 1330 (Fam)
Harrison J. The wife’s appeal against a decision to vary periodical payments was allowed. The hearing was unfair as the wife did not have a proper opportunity to put her case. Further, the judge erred in her approach to the husband’s income and the jurisdiction she had.
Sonal Kanabar v Dipak Maganal Kanabar (Deceased) & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 582
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2026/582
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