Chair’s Column (Spring 2026)
[2026] 1 FRJ 1. HHJ Edward Hess says farewell to Sir James Munby: 'the most inspirational figure I have come across in my legal and judicial career'.
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The Reluctant Pension Credit Member
[2026] 1 FRJ 39. In the case of AP v TP [2025] EWFC 190 (B) a financial remedy order was made by consent, following an FDR, which included a pension sharing order in W’s favour. Difficulties began when W failed to provide the necessary information to permit the pension share to be implemented.
Re A and Z: Service Out; MPS; LSPO [2026] EWFC 64
McKendrick J. Interim hearing addressing an application to set aside a previous order permitting alternative service of the divorce petition out of jurisdiction by email in the US, alongside MPS and LSPO applications.
Housing Particulars: Mind The Gap
What can the court do when there's a significant gap between the bottom of the applicant’s range and the top of the respondent’s range? Can the court take up the invitation made by counsel to ‘conduct its own research on Rightmove if it wishes’?
A v Z [2026] EWHC 654 (Fam)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2026/654
De La Sala & Anor v De La Sala & Ors [2026] EWCA 282
Moylan, Andrews, and Nugee LJJ. The Court of Appeal dismissed two appeals from a set-aside order made by HHJ Hess sitting as a deputy High Court judge. The court considered issues of material non-disclosure by the husband, and whether gifts made by the wife’s mother were conditional.
MA v WK [2025] EWFC 499
Cusworth J. Can a non-marriage entered into in England and Wales obtain validity by being registered in a country which permits nikkah marriage, so that it is recognised in England and Wales as a valid foreign marriage?