James v Seymour: The Calculator

As helpfully summarised by Calum Smith on the FRJ website Mostyn J’s judgment in James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) 675 included a renewed attempt to tackle how Child Maintenance should be calculated, effectively refining the methodology first se…

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• Child Maintenance

• Dom Christophers

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Nilsson & Anor v Cynberg [2024] EWHC 2164 (Ch)23 August 2024

James Pickering KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. A declaration of trust is conclusive unless varied by subsequent agreement or affected by proprietary estoppel. A ‘subsequent agreement’ is not limited to those compliant with the LP(MP)A 1989 but can include informally arising constructive trusts.

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• TLATA Applications
• Agreements
• Bankruptcy

• Isabella Thomas-Kelly

FI v DO [2024] EWFC 384 (B)20 December 2024

District Judge Crisp. Final Hearing in FR case involving which party should keep the family dog, a golden retriever puppy, ‘N’.

• Cases

• William Foulkes

RM v WP [2024] EWFC 191 (B)28 June 2024

HHJ Hess. Modest asset case exploring whether a departure from equality is appropriate where there were four consecutive family homes during the marriage, all of which were acquired by one party prior to the marriage.

• Cases

• Housing Need
• Matrimonialisation
• Modest Asset Cases
• Needs

• Hannah Coupe

P v Q, R and S [2024] EWFC 164 (B)19 June 2024

District Judge Veal. Final hearing concerning W’s claim in financial remedy proceedings for a beneficial interest in two properties which had been bought and renovated by H and the intervenors, H’s parents. District Judge Veal found that W had been dishonest in pursuing her claims and had presented her case in a ‘nebulous way’ which must have felt ‘like a real slap in the face’ for the intervenors.

• Cases

• TOLATA Claims
• Anonymity and Transparency
• Joinder of Third Parties
• Trusts

• Lucy Taylor (Coram Chambers)