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.

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• Sharing Principle
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Agreements
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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

D v D [2024] EWFC 7612 March 2024

HHJ Booth, sitting as a judge of the High Court: 25:75 division in favour of H following breakdown of second marriage and H’s substantial assets. Court considered W’s needs should be generously interpreted to overcome lack of SJE evidence as to W’s ill health. Needs would include W’s outstanding costs as summarily assessed by the court.

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• Housing Need
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• Duxbury Capitalisation

• Liam Kelly

S v S [2023] EWFC 2697 June 2023

HHJ Booth prefers Moylan LJ’s approach to matrimonial/non-matrimonial property, in which a scientific approach only takes one so far and the court must apply its discretion, over Mostyn J’s more scientific and formulaic approach.

• Cases

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

• Elizabeth Bowden

AW v RH (Preliminary Issue: Third Party Rights), Re [2024] EWFC 545 March 2024

HHJ Willans. Dispute with third parties regarding the ownership of two properties and whether they should be treated as matrimonial property.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• TLATA Applications
• Trusts of Land
• Third Party Rights

• Mahnoor Javed

LMZ v AMZ [2024] EWFC 2812 February 2024

Moor J. A striking age difference, 48 years between the parties, gives rise to a strong needs-based claim.

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• Foreign Assets
• Life Expectancy
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Housing Need
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• Kieran Ball