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Tickle v The Father & Ors [2025] EWFC 160

Judgment date: 09 June 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/160 Henke J. Procedural judgment in children proceedings reaffirming legal protections for journalistic sources and highlighting the limits of transparency in the family courts. Henke J delivered a discrete procedural judgment following a fact-finding hearing on 2 May

Reflecting Domestic Abuse in Financial Proceedings: a Comparative Analysis of English and Australian Approaches Since the Family Law Amendment (No 2) Act 2024

Reflecting Domestic Abuse in Financial Proceedings: a Comparative Analysis of English and Australian Approaches Since the Family Law Amendment (No 2) Act 2024

A significant shift in the treatment of domestic abuse within financial remedy proceedings will shortly take effect in Australia. Following Royal Assent on 10 December 2024, the Family Law Amendment (No 2) Act 2024 will introduce reforms that require courts to account for the impact of family violence on property

Remediable Service Statements – What to Expect for ‘Immediate Choice’ Members

Remediable Service Statements – What to Expect for ‘Immediate Choice’ Members

All of the public sector pension schemes are now further along the process of allowing for the McCloud judgment (public sector pensions remedy) for affected members (typically those with some pensionable service in the remedy period from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2022). Some of the public sector pension

THR v WAT [2025] EWHC 1125 (Fam)

Judgment date: 17 March 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/1125 HHJ Hess (sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court) navigated his way through an Xydhias puzzle. Parties informed the judge they were Xydhias-bound but then argued over (i) a £2m asset, (ii) costs, (iii)

CA v UK [2025] EWFC 117 (B)

Judgment date: 10 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/117 HHJ Watkins. A substantive application by the father for a child maintenance order under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (‘Schedule 1’); [12]. Within the application, the main issue concerned the most suitable jurisdiction for

Y v Z [2025] EWFC 221

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/221?court=ewhc%2Ffam&court=ewfc