Mary-Jane Grace and Ian Douglas Grace [2025] EWFC 37 (B)10 January 2025

HHJ Farquhar. Straightforward financial remedy proceedings continued an additional 2½ years after the agreement at the FDR. Significant litigation misconduct, far beyond acceptable standards, resulting in striking delay and wasted costs orders; criticism also of conduct of W’s solicitor. The judgment provides useful guidance on anonymisation in financial remedy judgments where there is litigation misconduct.

• Cases

• Anonymity and Transparency
• Conduct
• Delay
• Costs
• Litigation Misconduct

• Neive Augustin

FI v DO [2024] EWFC 384 (B)20 December 2025

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

• Cases

• William Foulkes

A v H [2024] EWFC 254 (B)2 August 2024

HHJ Willans. Final hearing concerning the enforcement of a school fees order.

• Cases

• School Fees
• Enforcement

• Benjamin Pitman

AN v NO [2024] EWFC 949 May 2024

Sir Jonathan Cohen. Jurisdiction dispute concerning (i) whether the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction to entertain W’s divorce application; and (ii) whether, if there is jurisdiction, England and Wales is the forum conveniens.

• Cases

• Jurisdiction

• Sophie Cullis

Book Review: Pensions on Divorce

The 3rd edition of this handbook appeared in 2018, stating the law as at January 2018, and so a new 4th edition is to be heartily welcomed. The 7-year interval has seen two reports from the Pension Advisory Group (in 2019 and 2024), important reforms to pensions taxation legislation and changes to public sector pensions brought about by the McCloud litigation.

• Journal

• Pensions
• Book Review

• David Salter

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