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

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

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.

• Cases

• Foreign Assets
• Life Expectancy
• Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
• Housing Need
• Companies
• Needs
• Valuations

• Kieran Ball

Businesses in Financial Remedy Claims

'Business' is a term that covers a multitude of different structures. The most common are limited companies (whether public or private), partnerships and sole traders. The courts will treat different businesses in different ways.

• Journal

• Sharing Principle
• Business
• Companies
• Business Assets
• Financial Remedies
• Expert Evidence
• Case Management
• Business Valuation
• Valuations

• Duncan Brooks KC

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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2023] EWHC 3438 (Fam)20 December 2023

Moor J. Claim for damages in relation to breach of a Part III MFPA 1984 order and TLATA order made in 2021.

• Cases

• Sale of Property
• TLATA Applications
• Financial Remedies Court (FRC)
• Damages
• Costs
• Delayed Sale
• Valuations
• Enforcement

• 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

BR v BR [2024] EWFC 1130 January 2024

Peel J. When should a single joint expert (SJE) be instructed rather than two or more separately instructed experts in financial remedy proceedings?

• Cases

• Experts
• Costs
• Business Assets
• Valuations
• First Appointments

• Stephanie Coker

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

AFW v RFH [2023] EWFC 11920 July 2023

Recorder Laura Moys. Enforcement of order for sale and PSO.

• Cases

• Chattels
• Sale of Property
• Anonymity
• Variation of an Order
• Delay
• Costs
• Variation Applications
• Valuations
• Enforcement
• Non-Compliance

• Helen Moizer

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