Jurisdiction Hemain Forum Conveniens Habitual Residence AO v EO [2026] EWFC 30 (B) HHJ Edward Hess. Judgment in financial remedy proceedings, addressing habitual residence and forum conveniens where the parties had competing connections to England and Nigeria.
Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications Re N (A Child) (Financial Provision: Contact Travel Costs) [2026] EWFC 18 (B) DDJ Vickers. Mother’s application for financial support pursuant to Schedule 1 Children Act 1989. She sought orders for periodical payments including backdated payments. Father sought reimbursement for various child-related expenses he had incurred and to offset that against her claim.
Costs Litigation Misconduct LP v MP [2026] EWFC 36 Cusworth J. Having already been found to have committed personal misconduct during the relationship, costs were awarded against W on an indemnity basis after she was found guilty of significant litigation misconduct also.
Agreements Delay Non-Disclosure Millionaire's Defence LIN v PAR [2025] EWFC 401 Peel J. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings. The couple's 2002 draft consent order had not been sealed by the court, but the parties had acted upon it with the belief that it had been formalised. Peel J determined that it constituted a Xydhias agreement.
Interim Relief Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act Part III Leave AN v NT [2025] EWFC 456 Peel J. How can a party obtain without-notice injunctive relief pending leave under Part III MFPA 1984 following Potanina v Potanin?
Disclosure Sharing Principle RKV v JWC [2025] EWFC 430 (B) Recorder Rhys Taylor. Final hearing in W’s financial remedy application before Recorder Taylor in a case involving significant non-disclosure and non-engagement by H.
Legal Services Payment Orders DR v ES & Ors (Further LSPO Application) [2026] EWFC 15 MacDonald J. Hearing of W’s fourth LSPO application in long running financial remedies proceedings. MacDonald J dealt with questions of historic and future costs in circumstances where W had overspent on the budget set by a previous LSPO order.