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VT v LT [2023] EWFC 256 (B)

Judgment date: 18 December 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/256.html DJ Hatvany. A welcome rare report of a low asset case heard by a DJ. How could the court meet the needs of two households from limited assets? The marriage lasted 18 years, and

GA v EL [2023] EWFC 206

Judgment date: 27 November 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/206.html Stephen Trowell KC as deputy High Court judge. Final hearing where the sole issue was how to divide proceeds of sale of a business. An earlier Daniels v Walker application in this case is

Y v Z [2024] EWFC 4

Judgment date: 16 January 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/4.html Peel J’s determination of M’s Schedule 1 application against F, who is a member of a Middle Eastern royal family. M’s application for financial provision under Schedule 1 of the Children

The Threat of Adverse Costs Orders in Financial Remedy Cases Has Just Got Higher – Peel J in HO v TL

The Threat of Adverse Costs Orders in Financial Remedy Cases Has Just Got Higher – Peel J in HO v TL

Peel J’s substantive judgment in HO v TL [2023] EWFC 215 is a compelling masterclass in addressing principle, guidance and the clear disposal of a smorgasbord of financial remedy issues within a must-read 27-page judgment for matrimonial finance practitioners. Costs approach However, it is the costs order which followed

Calling All Undergraduates: Join the Financial Remedies Journal's Essay Competition for 2024

Calling All Undergraduates: Join the Financial Remedies Journal's Essay Competition for 2024

The editorial board of the Financial Remedies Journal is delighted to announce the launch of a new essay competition which is open to any undergraduate law or combined law student from a university in England and Wales. The essay competition is designed to give undergraduate law students with an interest

DH v RH (No 2) (Variation of Interim Arrangements) [2023] EWFC 210

Judgment date: 28 November 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/210.html MacDonald J. See Rebekah Batt’s summary of W’s earlier LSPO and MPS applications for relevant background: DR v RH [2023] EWFC 111. H’s applications 1. To discharge a freezing order made

Why Become a QLR?

Why Become a QLR?

‘I’ve heard it’s not well organised’ ‘You’ll make no money’ ‘It seems like more work than it’s worth’ These are the usual comments I receive when I tell people I undertake work as a Qualified Legal Representative (QLR). Still a relatively new scheme, the Family Court