SS v ES [2023] EWFC 17713 October 2023

Sir Jonathan Cohen. W’s application for financial remedy which included aspects of pre-marital property, post-separation accrual and Wells sharing.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Post-Separation Accrual
• Duration of the Marriage
• Wells Sharing

• Isabella Thomas-Kelly

HO v TL [2023] EWFC 2151 December 2023

Peel J. Final hearing. Guidance on factors relevant to valuing a private company; accessibility of extricating money from trusts per Charman; and extent of matrimonialisation of H’s extra-marital financial contributions.

• Cases

• Sharing Principle
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Variation of Settlements
• Valuations
• Trusts

• Polly Morgan | Case Editor

FT v JT [2023] EWFC 25011 December 2023

Recorder Nicholas Allen KC. Final hearing to determine the date of separation and accordingly the extent of post-separation endeavour.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Post-Separation Accrual
• Duration of the Marriage
• Date of Separation

• Sapna Jain

GA v EL [2023] EWFC 20627 November 2023

Stephen Trowell KC as deputy High Court judge. Final hearing where the sole issue was how to divide proceeds of sale of a business.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Post-Separation Accrual
• Experts
• Valuations

• Polly Morgan | Case Editor

TM v AM [2023] EWFC 2478 November 2023

H’s application to set aside a consent order entered into on 18 November 2021. The main issue for determination was whether W had concealed the ownership of a valuable diamond and thus obtained H’s consent to the order through material non-disclosure/fraud.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Disclosure from Third Parties
• Consent Orders
• Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)

• Charlotte Lanning

O v O [2023] EWFC 1611 October 2023

Recorder Laura Moys. Non-matrimonial assets, wanton dissipation, maintenance, plus interesting point re school fees trust.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Conduct
• Efficient Conduct
• Add-Backs

• Sophie Cullis

GA v EL [2023] EWFC 18731 October 2023

Peel J. Daniels v Walker application made by the Wife ('W') at a Pre-Trial Review in financial remedy proceedings.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Post-Separation Accrual
• Daniels v Walker Application
• Experts
• Business Assets
• Efficient Conduct

• Sophie Cullis

SS v IS [2023] EWHC 1544 (Fam)14 June 2023

Roberts J. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings with issues around spousal maintenance, offshore trusts and non-matrimonial assets.

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Spousal Maintenance (Quantum)
• Special Contribution
• Trusts

• Rebekah Batt

CG v SG [2023] EWHC 942 (Fam)10 March 2023

HHJ Hess. A final hearing in financial remedy proceedings heard over six days.Both parties were in their sixties and had a long marriage of 30 years. The children were all adult and independent. During the marriage, the W, a qualified nurse, had taken on…

• Cases

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Experts
• Companies
• Costs
• Valuations

• Rebekah Batt

Post-Separation Accrual in CG v DL – Are We Back to an Arbitrary Approach?

Practitioners will be more than familiar with the authorities that underly the principle of non-matrimonial property. It is a judicial construct created to give effect to a ‘good reason’ to depart from the ‘equal sharing principle’…

• Blog

• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property

• Nicholas Allen KC

18/07/2023