
Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
Betting the Farm
In an area of law that has many dedicated sub-genres, few are perceived as being as abstruse and esoteric as the idea of the ‘farming case’. The term is rolled out with such precision and certainty that one could be forgiven for expecting a separate section of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 to have been dedicated to its operation.
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!18/03/2025 06:00
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AF v GF [2024] EWHC 3478 (Fam)25 November 2024
Mr Geoffrey Kingscote KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Useful analysis of business matrimonialisation and quantification of assets, including the valuation of pre-marital business interests. The judgment clearly covers the two-stage exercise in Charman v Charman [2007] EWCA Civ 503 to add-back jurisprudence, the fragility of company valuations, matrimonialisation of pre-marital assets, and share transfers.
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ST v AR [2025] EWFC 4
The Husband is 70. The Wife is 51. They have a 9-year-old daughter. They cohabited from February 2003 and in early 2012 separated due to the wife’s affair. In August 2012 – c.9 months later – they reunited. They married on 8 October 2012. The wife applied for divorce in May 2023. They therefore had nearly 20 years together, albeit not seamless cohabitation.
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!29/01/2025 09:27
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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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WW v XX [2024] EWFC 330 (B)11 October 2024
HHJ Hess. Final hearing involving valuation and matrimonial nature of business.
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- Experts
- Companies
- Valuations
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SV v AV [2024] EWFC 86 (B)7 February 2024
DJ Ashworth. Final financial remedy hearing involving the weight to be attached to a pre-nuptial agreement, non-matrimonial and matrimonial property, and the computation of assets.
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- Pre-Nuptial Agreements
- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Cohabitation
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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.
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- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Companies
- Tax
- Valuations
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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.
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- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Modest Asset Cases
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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.
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- Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
- Duration of the Marriage
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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.
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