Appeals

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2024] EWCA Civ 84

Judgment date: 08 February 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2024/84.html King, Bean and Moylan LJJ. Epic saga of litigation concludes with the Court of Appeal substituting a final order made in Part III proceedings. Background On 17 May 2023 Sir Jonathan Cohen made final

Re A v B (Schedule 1: Arbitral Award: Appeal) [2024] EWHC 778 (Fam)

Judgment date: 10 April 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/778 Cobb J. A root and branch assault leads to the conclusion that the court is not limited to the ‘four corners’ of Schedule 1 and can make orders that require a party to borrow. Background M’

Hyslop v Hyslop 2DS 2022/13 & 2DS 2023/03

Judgment date: 12 July 2023 https://www.judgments.im/content/J3125.htm Judge of Appeal Cross KC, Acting Deemster Horton KC, and Deemster Corlett. Michael Horton KC, one of three Deemsters sitting in the Staff of Government Division in the Isle of Man High Court (‘appeal court’), grapples with an

SY v Personal Representatives of the Estate of DY (Deceased) [2023] EWFC 280 (B)

Judgment date: 14 August 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/280.html Recorder Hames KC: Appeal against PSO out of time following death of W allowed and substituted by lump sum order to reflect lost benefit to the Estate for the benefit of the children. H

TK v AC [2023] EWHC 2958 (Fam)

Judgment date: 10 November 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/2958.html Sir Jonathan Cohen: LSPO and Periodical Payments from debt. H appeal against orders allowed. Background The parties met in 2003 and started an ‘on/off period of cohabitation’. They married in August 2008, separated

AZ v BZ (Financial Remedies Appeal) [2020] EWFC B86

Judgment date: 22 May 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2020/B86.html HHJ Vincent. Appeal by H of a financial remedy order where on a clean break basis the assets were divided 99/1 in favour of W. The asset pool was modest, mostly made up

LT v ZU [2023] EWFC 179

Judgment date: 06 October 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/179.html HHJ Evans-Gordon. Substantive hearing following the father challenging an application by the mother to convert an arbitral award into an order of the court. See earlier decision in LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206.