Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 56723 May 2024

Landmark decision where Court of Appeal reduces W’s award by £20 million. Lord Justice Moylan, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Phillips.

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• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Sharing
• Gifts
• Matrimonialisation
• Tax
• Autonomy
• Trusts

• Sophia Paraskeva

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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ST v AR [2025] EWFC 49 January 2025

HHJ Vincent (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Final hearing in a high-value case. Court making findings on whether H’s large inheritance had been matrimonialised, W’s entitlement to a second home, and who should be awarded the family home.

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• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Needs

• Finn Judge

Dickason v Dickason [2024] EWFC 285 (B)27 August 2024

HHJ Sweeney. H was a serial ‘non-attender’. In December 2021, H failed to attend the final hearing listed in the financial remedies proceedings. H had failed to comply with any directions made in advance of the hearing. A few days before the listing, H (via an email sent by his partner) made an application to adjourn. That application was refused, adverse inferences were drawn, and final orders were made in H’s absence.

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• Kieran Ball

V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B)19 December 2024

HHJ Booth. Appeal from a final order in a modest asset case, in which the court was tasked with balancing the needs of a party suffering from a serious disability and the needs of the primary carer of the children of the family.

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• Housing Need
• Appeals
• Mesher Orders and Deferred Charges
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• Albert Gibbon