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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.

OS v DT [2025] EWFC 156

HHJ Hess. Financial remedies final hearing heard by HHJ Hess involving total assets over £9m, and disputes concerning non-matrimonial property including post-separation income, and child periodical payments where the parties had equal shared care of the children.

X v Y [2025] EWFC 144 (B)

DJ Stone. A (misconstrued) application to appeal a final financial order out of time, ultimately determined as an application to vary pursuant to Thwaite jurisdiction.

Sarah Basso

Sarah Basso is a Senior Associate at Ketley Miller Joels Ltd and is a dual-qualified English and Australian* family lawyer. Sarah advises clients on a broad range of family law matters including financial disputes, the negotiating and drafting of nuptial and cohabitation agreements, child arrangements and international relocation. Sarah has

The Financial Remedies Journal annual essay competition

The editorial board of the Financial Remedies Journal is delighted to announce the launch of its second essay competition, which will be open to any undergraduate law or GDL law student from a University in England and Wales. We particularly invite submissions from those who do not yet have a

The Prenup That Leaked: Entwistle v Helliwell Explained

For financial remedy lawyers, life’s certainties are death, taxes, and discovering assets the other side swore blind didn’t exist. The Court of Appeal decision in Entwistle v Helliwell [2025] EWCA Civ 1055 is a reminder that, with pre-nuptial agreements, disclosure isn’t just a polite formality.

Potanin v Potanina Collection

A collection of all of our summaries, blogs, and articles about this case.

Potanina v Potanin [2025] EWCA Civ 1136

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Potanina-v-Potanin.pdf

Awolowo v Awolowo & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 641

Moylan LJ, Popplewell LJ and Sir Christopher Floyd. Wife wins appeal over £1.6m ‘loan’ tied to the family home.

Look What You Made Me Do: The FRJ Attempts to Shoehorn Itself into Taylor Swift’s Engagement

The time has come for the FRJ to shamelessly grasp for relevance among those down (bad) with popular culture.

PMC v A Local Health Board

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2025/1126

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v LR & Anor [2025] EWFC 271 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/271?query=2025+ewfc+271+%28B%29

Child Support, Sharing Care and the Problems in Top Up Orders (Out into the Open at Last)

There was a lot in HHJ Hess’s judgment OS v DT [2025] EWFC 156 (B), but the child-support nerds scurried through the maze, whiskers twitching till they got to paragraph 50 of the judgment.