MNV v CNV [2025] EWFC 176 (B)19 June 2025

DDJ Bradshaw. Drastic change in personal circumstances results in add-back in small money case.

• Cases

• Liabilities
• Housing Need
• Small Money
• Mortgage Capacity
• Costs
• Soft Loans
• Needs
• Earning Capacity
• Add-Backs

• Abigail Clements-Bewley

Prenups Aren’t ‘Sign and Done’: Why Reviews Matter Just as Much as the Ring

Elizabeth Bowden is a big fan of prenuptial/pre-civil partnership agreements (‘prenups’) because, at the very least, both parties are forced to have really open and transparent conversations about money, finances, goals and aspirations. Anyone looking to make marriage/civil partnership vows should do this before they sign on the dotted line.

• Blog

• Pre-Nuptial Agreements

• Elizabeth Bowden

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A v B [2025] EWFC 12714 April 2025

Trowell J. Application for a lump sum for litigation costs under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 in relation to proceedings under s 8 of the Children Act 1989.

• Cases

• Costs
• Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

• Katie Stephens

Tickle v The Father & Ors [2025] EWFC 1609 June 2025

Henke J. Procedural judgment in children proceedings reaffirming legal protections for journalistic sources and highlighting the limits of transparency in the family courts.

• Cases

• Transparency
• Publicity and Confidentiality

• Monique Simone Fremder

A Local Authority v X (Attendance of Experts) [2025] EWFC 1373 June 2025

MacDonald J gave guidance on the question of when and how the court is to exercise its case management power to enable an expert to attend a hearing to give oral evidence under FPR 25.9(2). The question is whether it is ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ for the expert to do so – there is no gloss of exceptionality, and each case must be determined on its own facts.

• Cases

• Experts

• Jasmine Knapman