FO v PN [2025] EWFC 327 (B)
In this judgment, HHJ Edward Hess explores the weight which should be given to pre-nuptial agreements and Deeds of Revocations where the Deed of Revocation is entered into shortly before the demise of a marriage.
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Sandra Ozturk v Yilmaz Ozturk [2025] EWFC 333 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/333?query=ozturk
Re A Child (Schedule 1, 1989 Act; Variation) [2025] EWHC 1254 (Fam)
McKendrick J. Final Hearing concerning cross-Schedule 1 and specific issue applications brought by both parties. The High Court dismissed all but the respondent father’s application to release his intermediary from undertakings.
Open Justice in the Modern Age
A guest lecture delivered on Tuesday, 7 October 2025, at 6pm, at George Town, Grand Cayman.
M & R (Children) (Refusal of Legal Aid Costs) [2025] EWFC 299 (B)
Mr Recorder O’Grady. Judgment in private law Children Act 1989 proceedings which addresses how to properly prepare witness statement evidence on behalf of a non-English speaking party.
FO v PN [2025] EWFC 327 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/327?query=FO+PN
K v P (Criminal Solicitor as Court-Appointed QLR) [2025] EWFC 321
Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division. A court-appointed QLR was terminated in children proceedings where the same QLR was acting in a parallel criminal case, as the dual representation undermines the protective aims of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 scheme for vulnerable witnesses.