Re: H (A Child) (Appeal: Child Maintenance)
Henke J. A failed appeal by the father against the extension of the duration of a child maintenance order beyond the age of eighteen years.
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G v N [2025] EWFC 286 (B)
District Judge Shackleton. The case concerns an application for a financial remedies order following divorce between a husband and wife. The order sought, and granted, was that the marital home be transferred into the husband’s sole name following the wife’s departure nearly 30 years previously.
Ministry of Justice Breaches the Overriding Objective
It is fundamental to the procedural code that dealing with a case justly includes ‘expeditiously and fairly’. The savage cuts imposed by the MOJ, with very limited notice and no widespread consultation, will lead to ‘justice delayed’, i.e. ‘justice denied’.
Collardeau v Fuchs [2025] EWFC 307
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/307
Your Backup Trial Is Arbitration: the London Financial Remedy Changes
New language has entered the lexicon of London financial remedy lawyers. The Dictionary of Financial Remedies needs a new entry. A spectre has appeared on the horizon casting horrors of preparation for practitioners. Enter the backup trial. How have we got here?
Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055
King, Moylan and Snowden LJJ. The Court of Appeal allowed the husband’s appeal against the final order made by Francis J on 15 March 2024, emphasising the importance of full and frank disclosure in pre-nuptial agreements when agreed by the parties.
Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1071
King, Moylan and Snowden LJJ. A costs judgment in the husband’s favour following his successful appeal against Francis J’s order.