Abigail Laura Williams v Andrew John Williams [2024] EWFC 2756 August 2024

Final order of Moor J in financial remedy proceedings involving a husband who had continually breached court orders, failed to attend hearings, and provided unreliable and ‘demonstrably untrue’ evidence.

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• Non-Disclosure
• Adverse Inferences
• Freezing Injunctions
• Conduct
• Legal Services Payment Orders
• Disclosure from Third Parties

• Jemima Kearney

JK v LM [2024] EWHC 1442 (Fam)23 May 2024

Cobb J. The case concerned four applications by the mother for an LSPO to cover the costs of her legal representation in ongoing proceedings under Schedule 1 (where she sought financial provision for the six-year old child) and s 8 CA 1989.

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• Freezing Injunctions
• Land Registration Act 2002
• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications
• Legal Services Payment Orders

• Stephanie Coker

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

• Liam Kelly

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

• Liam Kelly

DH v RH (No 2) (Variation of Interim Arrangements) [2023] EWFC 21028 November 2023

MacDonald J. Variation of LSPO and interim maintenance.

• Cases

• Release from Undertakings
• Interim Relief
• Disclosure
• Freezing Injunctions
• Maintenance Pending Suit
• Variation Applications
• Legal Services Payment Orders
• Enforcement

• Sophie Cullis

Freezing Injunction – Shaky Application: on Thin Ice? J v H [2022] EWFC 133

Peel J was faced with an application for a freezing injunction by the husband seeking to restrain the wife from dealing with her overseas assets. The application had passed through the urgent applications judge in mid October, and by the time of the heari…

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• Freezing Injunctions

• Emily Ward

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J v H [2022] EWFC 1339 November 2022

Peel J. H’s application for a freezing injunction. Reference to Mostyn J’s guidance from UL v BK and the importance of compliance with the pre-requisites set out in that case.H’s initial application was essentially without notice as short, informal notice…

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• Freezing Injunctions
• Costs

• Rebekah Batt