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Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2021] EWHC 3086 (Fam)

Judgment date: 18 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/3086.html Moor J. W’s applications under TOLATA and Part III MFPA concerning three properties in London. H and W were Kuwaiti nationals. W had received a financial award from the Kuwait Court in 2019.

MG v AR [2021] EWHC 3133 (Fam)

Judgment date: 16 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/3063.html Mostyn J. In the first reported judgment on security for costs since the advent of the FPR, Mostyn J gives a helpful review of the applicable principles in family cases. Unlike in civil case

Hasan v Ul-Hasan (deceased) & Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam): The Implications of Death on Divorce and Financial Remedies

Hasan v Ul-Hasan (deceased) & Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam): The Implications of Death on Divorce and Financial Remedies

'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.' -- Benjamin Franklin, November 1817 'Death, taxes and childbirth! There's never any convenient time for any of them.' -- Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, 1936 Introduction The death of

UD v DN [2021] EWCA Civ 1947

Judgment date: 21 December 2021 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/UD-v-DN-judgment.pdf

UD v DN (Schedule 1, Children Act 1989; Capital Provision) [2021] EWCA Civ 1947

Judgment date: 21 December 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/1947.html Moylan LJ (judgment), King LJ and Newey LJ. The Court of Appeal allowed a father’s appeal against a settlement of property order in favour of the parties’ two younger children (17 and 12

Her Royal Highness Haya Bint Al Hussein v His Highness Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum [2021] EWFC 94

Judgment date: 19 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2021/94.html Moor J. High profile applications by W under Schedule 1, Part III MFPA and the Married Women’s Property Act 1882 concluded with a record-breaking award. Lump sum awarded to W of £251.5m