Child Maintenance Re: H (A Child) (Appeal: Child Maintenance) Henke J. A failed appeal by the father against the extension of the duration of a child maintenance order beyond the age of eighteen years.
Financial Remedies G v N [2025] EWFC 286 (B) District Judge Shackleton. The case concerns an application for a financial remedies order following divorce between a husband and wife. The order sought, and granted, was that the marital home be transferred into the husband’s sole name following the wife’s departure nearly 30 years previously.
Appeals Agreements Disclosure Needs Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055 King, Moylan and Snowden LJJ. The Court of Appeal allowed the husband’s appeal against the final order made by Francis J on 15 March 2024, emphasising the importance of full and frank disclosure in pre-nuptial agreements when agreed by the parties.
Appeals Costs Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1071 King, Moylan and Snowden LJJ. A costs judgment in the husband’s favour following his successful appeal against Francis J’s order.
Child Maintenance Costs Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property 'Top-up' Maintenance OS v DT [2025] EWFC 156 HHJ Hess. Financial remedies final hearing heard by HHJ Hess involving total assets over £9m, and disputes concerning non-matrimonial property including post-separation income, and child periodical payments where the parties had equal shared care of the children.
Sale of Property Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications) Variation Applications Valuations 'Thwaite Jurisdiction' X v Y [2025] EWFC 144 (B) DJ Stone. A (misconstrued) application to appeal a final financial order out of time, ultimately determined as an application to vary pursuant to Thwaite jurisdiction.
Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act Potanina v Potanin (No 2) [2025] EWCA Civ 1136 Moylan, Falk and Cobb LJJ. The Wife’s appeal from the order made by Cohen J on 8 November 2019, in proceedings under Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.