
Costs
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Williams v Williams [2023] EWHC 2479 (Fam)28 February 2024
Moor J: H held in contempt for failing to comply with orders; sentenced to 56 days’ imprisonment, suspended for 28 days, to allow filing of sworn Form E.
- Cases
- Freezing Injunctions
- Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses
- Costs
- Legal Services Payment Orders
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SP v QR [2024] EWFC 57 (B)12 March 2024
HHJ Hess. Schedule 1 application with a ‘more modest’ asset base regarding residence in a property subject to a mortgage and ‘top-up’ maintenance for a disabled child.
- Cases
- Housing Need
- Child Maintenance
- Needs of a Disabled Child
- Costs
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Child Support
- 'Top-up' Maintenance
- Needs
- Child's Needs
Rough Justice
Costs cases in family proceedings used to be few and far between, but a recent decision of Arbuthnot J in the case of KS v VS [2024] EWHC 278 (Fam) has caused something of a stir in the profession.
- Blog
- Summary Assessment
- Costs
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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2023] EWHC 3438 (Fam)20 December 2023
Moor J. Claim for damages in relation to breach of a Part III MFPA 1984 order and TLATA order made in 2021.
- Cases
- Sale of Property
- TLATA Applications
- Financial Remedies Court (FRC)
- Damages
- Costs
- Delayed Sale
- Valuations
- Enforcement
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Re Z (No 5) (Enforcement) [2024] EWFC 444 March 2024
Cobb J. Enforcement of Schedule 1 Order: freezing order, capitalisation of periodical payments for the benefit of the child, and Hadkinson order made against F who resides in the USA.
- Cases
- Foreign Assets
- Hadkinson Orders
- Freezing Injunctions
- Costs
- Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
- Duxbury Capitalisation
- International Enforcement
- Enforcement
Applications for Leave Under MFPA 1984 Part III: Which Costs Rules Inform (or Govern)?
What costs rules apply to an application for permission/leave pursuant to the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, s 13?
- Blog
- Costs
- Leave Application
!05/03/2024 16:23
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TYB v CAR (Non-Disclosure) [2023] EWFC 261 (B)16 December 2023
DDJ Hodson. What does the court do with the non-discloser? Final hearing involving a short marriage with a child almost four.
- Cases
- Non-Disclosure
- Adverse Inferences
- Disclosure
- Costs
- Form E
- Needs
- Non-Compliance
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AS v RS (Costs: Clean Sheet/General Rule) [2023] EWFC 284 (B)6 November 2023
District Judge Troy. Costs in respect of an application for leave pursuant to s 13 Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 are subject to ‘Clean Sheet’ rules.
- Cases
- Costs
- Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act
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KA v LE [2023] EWFC 266 (B)29 November 2023
DDJ Mark Harrop. Final hearing in FR proceedings with consideration of relevance to findings in children proceedings that H had bullied, coerced and controlled W throughout the whole of their marriage.
- Cases
- Domestic Abuse
- Adjournment
- Conduct
- Costs
Guideline Hourly Rates on Costs: Addendum
In KS v VS (Judgment – Summary Assessment of Costs – Civil Guide) [2024] EWHC 278 (Fam) (12 February 2024), Arbuthnot J referred to H v GH [2023] EWFC 235 and the question raised by DHCJ Simon Colton KC as to the relevance or otherwise of the guideline hourly rates.
- Blog
- Guideline Hourly Rates
- Costs
!15/02/2024 07:43