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.

• Cases

• Pre-Nuptial Agreements
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Cohabitation

• Katie Stephens

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