R v K [2018] EWFC 59

[2026] 1 FRJ 55. Considering two aspects of the 2025 amendments to the Australian Family Law Act 1975: the greater recognition given to the needs of a party who has the care of a child to provide housing, and the removal of notional property or addbacks in the balance sheet in property division.

In this seven-day final hearing of a long marriage with adult children, the computation and distribution of a variety of assets were determined by a robust analysis and application of the case law by Mr Nicholas Allen KC.

Deputy District Judge Cassidy Hope. Judgment in financial remedy proceedings, addressing needs-based distribution where one party is the primary carer of a disabled adult child.