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AH v BH [2024] EWFC 125

Judgment date: 07 June 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/125 Peel J final hearing judgment in high-net-worth FR case in which the parties had entered into a pre-nuptial agreement which purported to ‘severely limit W’s financial remedy claims in her own right and the financial needs

JK v LM [2024] EWHC 1442 (Fam)

Judgment date: 23 May 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2024/1442.html Cobb J. The case concerned four applications by the mother for an LSPO to cover the costs of her legal representation in ongoing proceedings under Schedule 1 (where she sought financial provision for the

SP v AL & Ors (by their Litigation Friend FL) [2024] EWFC 72 (B)

Judgment date: 08 March 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/72.html HHJ Hess. Final Hearing of W’s application for financial remedy, with H’s children from a previous marriage intervening via their mother as their litigation friend. Significant comments re pension sharing and apportionment.

SK v RR [2024] EWHC 1418 (Fam)

Judgment date: 01 May 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2024/1418.html HHJ Moradifar. The primary issue in this case was forum and convenience, which arose from two sets of divorce proceedings. W joined H in the UK after marriage. H issued divorce proceedings in India

A Brilliantly Logical Approach to Dealing with Pensions

A Brilliantly Logical Approach to Dealing with Pensions

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/72.html SP v AL [2024] EWFC 72(B) In this judgment, His Honour Judge Hess sets an example of how, by following a logical thought process, seemingly complex pensions can be reduced to a very straightforward outcome. This case addresses

Watch | Pensions on Divorce update 24

Watch | Pensions on Divorce update 24

Watch the recording of HHJ Edward Hess; Rhys Taylor, The 36 Group; Professor Emma Hitchings, Bristol University; Jonathan Galbraith, Mathieson Consulting, and Beth Kirkland, Law for Life. This seminar reviews developments in light of PAG2, recent case law, industry and market developments and the imminent publication of the Law For

Re RA (Appeal: Validity of a Marriage: Finding of Fact) [2024] EWHC 1144 (Fam)

Judgment date: 15 May 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2024/1144.html Henke J. Successful appeal of a fact-finding, despite such an appeal being ‘notoriously difficult’. Facts The parties entered into a relationship in 1995. They were Islamically married on 4 August 1999 and a civil