Sloutsker v Sloutsker & Ors [2025] EWFC 369 Garrido J. Successful application by the wife in the Family Court for financial orders against the husband following issues of serious litigation misconduct, resulting trusts, and pre-nuptial agreements.
BS v HC [2026] EWFC 20 (B) HHJ Hess. Final hearing in financial remedies proceedings. HHJ Hess dealt with questions of ‘matrimonialisation’ surrounding H’s pensions in light of the decision in Standish.
TY v XA (No. 4) [2025] EWFC 488 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/488?query=TY+XA+%28No.+4%29+%5B2025%5D+EWFC+488
BS v HC [2026] EWFC 20 (B) https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2026/20?query=BS+HC+%5B2026%5D+EWFC+20+%28B%29
What’s App Doc? Reid-Roberts & Ors v Mei-Lin & Gudmundson [2026] EWHC 49 (Ch) has caused a media stir. The headlines are all about whether you can give your home away by a WhatsApp. However, the decision is more interesting and of wider application for financial remedy practitioners than these soundbites suggest.
Kars v Brown & Ors [2026] EWHC 31 (Fam) Ms Naomi Davey (sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court). The High Court considered a claim for reasonable financial provision, brought by a former wife under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473 Cusworth J. W’s sharing claim reduced by 40% on the basis of her ‘deplorable conduct’, through which the court had to view the case, and unequal contributions. The lack of readily quantifiable financial loss attributed to the conduct was no bar to the court considering such conduct.