Cases Spousal Maintenance (Quantum) Child Maintenance Open in McFarlane v McFarlane [2009] EWHC 891 (Fam), [2009] 2 FLR 1322 Judgment date: 18 June 2009http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2009/891.html Related Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch) 27 March 2026. HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court judge). TLATA 1996 case concerning a post-separation change in intention, where the appellant also sought to recover outstanding child maintenance payments. P v M (Appeal: Unfair Hearing: Variation of Periodical Payments: Global Orders) [2026] EWHC 1330 (Fam) Judgment date: 3 June 2026 Harrison J allows an appeal against a final order made by HHJ Wright, which varied a previous order made by DDJ Butler, which reduced periodical payments paid to W due to a change in H’s income. DL v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions WL [2025] UKUT 108 (AAC) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/683ed75b2c163eb35f1e4522/UA-2023-000654-CSM.pdf Read the journal Financial Remedies Journal – 2026 Issue 2 | Summer Open in Related Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch) 27 March 2026. HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court judge). TLATA 1996 case concerning a post-separation change in intention, where the appellant also sought to recover outstanding child maintenance payments. P v M (Appeal: Unfair Hearing: Variation of Periodical Payments: Global Orders) [2026] EWHC 1330 (Fam) Judgment date: 3 June 2026 Harrison J allows an appeal against a final order made by HHJ Wright, which varied a previous order made by DDJ Butler, which reduced periodical payments paid to W due to a change in H’s income. DL v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions WL [2025] UKUT 108 (AAC) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/683ed75b2c163eb35f1e4522/UA-2023-000654-CSM.pdf Latest The Consequences of Late Service of an N260 for Summary Assessment of Costs: Prejudice and Proportionality The requirement to serve a statement of costs (Form N260) for the purposes of summary assessment of costs is set out in CPR PD 44 para 9.5. But what are the consequences of a breach of the rule to serve the statement of costs not less than 24 hours before the start of the hearing? Is It Time for the Conclusions in Waggott to Be Reconsidered? There is arguably a far greater understanding now than there was even as recently as 2018 of domestic abuse and the wide-reaching and long-lasting impact that it can have. Does this mean it is time for the Court of Appeal to reconsider the conclusions it reached in Waggott? IFoA Working Party for Pensions on Divorce: Template Executive Summary The IFoA carried out a thematic review of the quality of expert reports produced by actuary PODEs and the way in which they work. A working party was set up to address the points raised, and this blog post launches its output in relation to standardisation and simplification of reporting. is curated by The Leaders In Family Law Books & Software EXPLORE OUR PRODUCTS
Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch) 27 March 2026. HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court judge). TLATA 1996 case concerning a post-separation change in intention, where the appellant also sought to recover outstanding child maintenance payments.
P v M (Appeal: Unfair Hearing: Variation of Periodical Payments: Global Orders) [2026] EWHC 1330 (Fam) Judgment date: 3 June 2026 Harrison J allows an appeal against a final order made by HHJ Wright, which varied a previous order made by DDJ Butler, which reduced periodical payments paid to W due to a change in H’s income.
DL v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions WL [2025] UKUT 108 (AAC) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/683ed75b2c163eb35f1e4522/UA-2023-000654-CSM.pdf
Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch) 27 March 2026. HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court judge). TLATA 1996 case concerning a post-separation change in intention, where the appellant also sought to recover outstanding child maintenance payments.
P v M (Appeal: Unfair Hearing: Variation of Periodical Payments: Global Orders) [2026] EWHC 1330 (Fam) Judgment date: 3 June 2026 Harrison J allows an appeal against a final order made by HHJ Wright, which varied a previous order made by DDJ Butler, which reduced periodical payments paid to W due to a change in H’s income.
DL v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions WL [2025] UKUT 108 (AAC) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/683ed75b2c163eb35f1e4522/UA-2023-000654-CSM.pdf
The Consequences of Late Service of an N260 for Summary Assessment of Costs: Prejudice and Proportionality The requirement to serve a statement of costs (Form N260) for the purposes of summary assessment of costs is set out in CPR PD 44 para 9.5. But what are the consequences of a breach of the rule to serve the statement of costs not less than 24 hours before the start of the hearing?
Is It Time for the Conclusions in Waggott to Be Reconsidered? There is arguably a far greater understanding now than there was even as recently as 2018 of domestic abuse and the wide-reaching and long-lasting impact that it can have. Does this mean it is time for the Court of Appeal to reconsider the conclusions it reached in Waggott?
IFoA Working Party for Pensions on Divorce: Template Executive Summary The IFoA carried out a thematic review of the quality of expert reports produced by actuary PODEs and the way in which they work. A working party was set up to address the points raised, and this blog post launches its output in relation to standardisation and simplification of reporting.