BY v GC (No 4: Indemnities) [2026] EWFC 173
30 June 2026. Mr Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Dispute about whether W’s responsibility to indemnify H extended to indemnifying a company.
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N v N (Appeal: Setting Aside of Decree Nisi) [2026] EWHC 1593 (Fam)
17 April 2026. Henke J. Appeal of a final divorce order granted on the basis of a procedural irregularity as the first instance judge had not seen an outstanding application to rescind the conditional order.
Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch)
27 March 2026. HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court judge). TLATA 1996 case concerning a post-separation change in intention, where the appellant also sought to recover outstanding child maintenance payments.
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F v EE (Enforcement under Sch 1 CA : s423 Insolvency Act 1986) [2026] EWFC 249 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2026/249
JJ v PJ [2026] EWFC 260 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2026/260
Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes [2026] EWCA Civ 698
3 June 2026. Andrews, Lewison and Warby LJJ. The appeal concerned whether a solicitor's retainer, charging by hourly rates for litigation work, qualified as a CBA under s 59 of the Solicitors Act 1974, despite not clearly telling the client what costs they were committing to.