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Mahtani v Mahtani [2023] EWHC 2988 (Fam)
Judgment date: 22 November 2023
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/2988
Mr James Ewins KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Application by W for an order under s 51(3) of the Family Law Act 1986, for non-recognition of the overseas divorce obtained by H
Tectonic Developments for Non-Court Dispute Resolution in the Family Court? The Family Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023/1324
Readers of a certain vintage will recall the exchange between Sir Humphrey Appleby and Sir Bernard Woolley, where they are trying to stop yet another Jim Hacker announcement which will lead to a change of policy direction. The denouement of all that is wrong with this is described by Sir
Steels v Steels [2023] EWHC 2985 (Ch)
Judgment date: 21 November 2023
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2023/2985.html
Fancourt J as Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster. Mother’s successful appeal against the finding that her son had a beneficial interest in her home arising from proprietary estoppel.
The appellant (A)
Dickson v Rennie: Right or Wrong
The judgment of Holman J in Dickson v Rennie [2015] 2 FLR 978 records that at the final hearing of the mother’s Schedule 1 application in June/July 2007 District Judge Walker had ordered inter alia long-term periodical payments for the child of £41,200 pa (or £3,433
Two Important Cases in One Day: Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil and TUI v Griffiths
As the old saying goes, you wait ages for a London bus; then two arrive at once.
Today (29 November 2023) the Supreme Court (Lords Hodge, Lloyd-Jones, Briggs, Burros and Stephens) handed down judgment in TUI v Griffiths [2023] UKSC 48 (‘Griffiths’), while the Court of Appeal (Carr LCJ, Vos
Y v Z [2023] EWFC 205
Judgment date: 26 October 2023
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/205.html
HHJ Hess.
Background
H and W divorced in 2013 following a 14-year marriage. H had maintained a successful career working in business finance. At the time of the initial proceedings in 2013, H was