Adverse Inferences

Kroupeeva v Kroupeev [2026] EWFC 85

James Ewins KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Final hearing in ultra-high net worth case with allegations of non-disclosure and with complex trust and corporate structures.

FG v BN (Appeal Out of Time) [2026] EWFC 101 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2026/101?query=FG+BN+%28Appeal+Out+Time%29+%5B2026%5D+EWFC+101+%28B%29

TYB v CAR (Non-Disclosure) (No 2) [2025] EWFC 263 (B)

DDJ David Hodson. Final hearing concerning maintenance for wife in a case with serious non-disclosure.

PZ v ZD (Financial Remedies: Needs: Adverse Inferences: Taking of Evidence from Outside the Jurisdiction) [2025] EWFC 171 (B)

Judgment date: 20 March 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/171 Judgment by DDJ G Evans in a modest asset case involving significant non-disclosure and the taking of evidence from a respondent in a non-Hague Convention jurisdiction (here, Pakistan). Background The parties had a medium-length marriage of

Adverse Inferences: The Court’s Approach to Valuing Overseas Assets Without Disclosure

Adverse Inferences: The Court’s Approach to Valuing Overseas Assets Without Disclosure

This article will consider the court’s approach to adverse inferences in cases where there has been no, minimal or seriously deficient disclosure from one party, particularly in relation to overseas assets. Valuing overseas properties and businesses can be particularly challenging where there has been no engagement and/or no

Sham, Adverse Inferences and the Burden of Proof: Awolowo [2025] EWCA Civ 641

Sham, Adverse Inferences and the Burden of Proof: Awolowo [2025] EWCA Civ 641

It’s often the financial remedy cases involving non-family barristers or judges which are the most interesting. There’s something about an outsider’s perspective which can illuminate legal principle and remind us that, per Mostyn J, ‘the Family Courts are not a desert island’. Lord Sumption put it best

VTY v GDB [2025] EWFC 110 (B)

Judgment date: 24 April 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/110 Recorder Taylor. Final hearing in a financial remedy application which concerned issues of non-disclosure and allegations of asset concealment in different countries. The matter also involved foreign litigation which appeared to undermine the existing proceedings in