ED v OF [2024] EWFC 2979 September 2024

Cusworth J. Financial remedy proceedings relating to the valuation and division of a high-value music catalogue as a key matrimonial asset.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Companies
• Tax
• Valuations

• Ella Fogg

V v V (Financial Remedy Hearing) [2024] EWFC 255 (B)6 September 2024

HHJ Willans. Three-day final financial remedy hearing involving the computation of the assets available for distribution including properties in India.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Modest Asset Cases

• Katie Stephens

MR v EF [2024] EWFC 144 (B)20 June 2024

Recorder Rhys Taylor in financial remedy proceedings makes findings in favour of the wife as to the date of separation of the parties.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Duration of the Marriage

• Isabella Thomas-Kelly

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

HHJ Hess considers when a property becomes the family home and therefore matrimonialised, and whether, once matrimonialised, it can become un-matrimonialised, and makes use of the Galbraith Tables while doing some heavy lifting to get the case to a practical, workable conclusion without further delay.

• Cases

• Sharing Principle
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Matrimonialisation
• Galbraith Tables

• Elizabeth Bowden

NM v PM [2024] EWFC 199 (B)18 July 2024

DDJ Nahal-Macdonald. Preliminary issues hearing in relation to interpretation of a clause in a prenuptial agreement.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Agreements

• Polly Morgan | Case Editor

AT v BT [2023] EWHC 3531 (Fam)6 November 2023

Final hearing in a financial remedy application in which issues included undue pressure reducing weight of PNA, compensation, and non-matrimonial assets.

• Cases

• Sharing Principle
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Agreements
• Experts
• Tax
• Compensation Principle
• Valuations
• Trusts

• Isabella Thomas-Kelly

Source not Title: Some First Reflections on Standish

On 15 and 16 November 2023, Standish v Standish came before a Court of Appeal comprising King, Moylan and Phillips LJJ. 189 days later, Moylan LJ delivered the court’s unanimous decision: Mrs Standish’s (‘W’) appeal was dismissed, and Mr Standish’s (‘H’) appeal allowed, subject to the matter being remitted for a needs-based assessment of W’s claims.

• Journal

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Matrimonialisation

• Calum Smith

!31/05/2024 09:32

Standish – the Narrowing of ‘Matrimonialisation’

In L v L [2021] EWFC B83, HHJ Booth stated that he had been referred to the concept of ‘matrimonialisation’ but it was ‘a word that I hope will not acquire common usage’. Although not a word in the Oxford English Dictionary, HHJ Booth’s hope has not come to fruition.

• Blog

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Matrimonialisation

• Nicholas Allen KC

!28/05/2024 09:00

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.

• Cases

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

• Sophia Paraskeva

Standish Primer in Advance of Court of Appeal Judgment

Short primer ahead of the hotly anticipated judgment in the case of Standish which is due to be handed down by the Court of Appeal tomorrow. Watch this space for a case summary and blog post once the judgment has been reported.

• Blog

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property

• Michael Allum

!22/05/2024 14:05