The Winds of Change – Case Management and the Financial Remedies Court

Once upon a time, not so long ago, ‘ancillary relief’ was something of a legal backwater. Cases were determined solely by reference to ‘reasonable requirements’. Procedural rules, to the extent they existed, were short and loosely applied. Parties filed narrative affidavits of means and answered requests for further and better particulars.

• Journal

• Procedure
• Financial Remedies

• Alexander Chandler KC

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Goodman v Walker [2024] EWFC 212 (B)23 July 2024

HHJ Hess. High-profile Schedule 1 Final Hearing between Lauryn Goodman and Kyle Walker in which the judge made transparency orders in accordance with the guidance set out in the Transparency Reporting Pilot for Financial Remedy Proceedings.

• Cases

• Transparency
• Child Maintenance
• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

• Ellie Rogers

PM v RM [2025] EWFC 1120 January 2025

Mr Justin Warshaw KC sitting as a Deputy High Court judge. Application for maintenance pending suit, a legal services payment order and an injunction in a high value financial remedy case.

• Cases

• Disclosure
• Maintenance Pending Suit
• Legal Services Payment Orders

• Katie Stephens

Re CB (Financial Remedies: Antisuit Injunction) [2025] EWHC 427 (Fam)25 February 2025

HHJ Moradifar. Application by the husband for an anti-suit injunction to prevent the wife from pursuing, participating or otherwise continuing any applications for periodical payments for the children of the family or any other applications relating to their marriage in the courts of India.

• Cases

• Injunctions
• Habitual Residence
• Forum Conveniens
• Jurisdiction
• Child Maintenance
• Periodical Payments
• Anti-Suit Injunctions

• Stephanie Coker

Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 56723 May 2024

Landmark decision where Court of Appeal reduces W’s award by £20 million. Lord Justice Moylan, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Phillips.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Sharing
• Gifts
• Matrimonialisation
• Tax
• Autonomy
• Trusts

• Sophia Paraskeva