Cases

Enforcement

Re A and Z (No 2) (Interim Third Party Debt Order) [2026] EWFC 90

HHJ McKendrick. Decision concerning an application for an interim third-party debt order by a spouse against the solicitors acting for the other spouse after a failure to comply with previously made orders.

Adverse Inferences Disclosure Foreign Assets Trusts

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.

Agreements Companies Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property

A v Z [2026] EWHC 654 (Fam)

Trowell J. Final hearing in a high net worth financial remedies case concerning the effect of a prenuptial agreement on shares transferred to the husband in companies forming part of the wife’s family business group during the marriage.

Add-Backs Conduct Costs Disclosure

KMR v AER [2026] EWFC 10 (B)

DDJ Benjamin Rose. Judgment considering high-value assets, non-disclosure, jurisdictional questions, issues surrounding the validity of a nuptial settlement and general conduct of proceedings.

Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)

K v K [2026] EWFC 83 (B)

DJ Parker’s decision emphasises the importance of the court transcript where there is a dispute as to what was said by the judge. Ultimately H’s application to set aside a final order by consent failed because H was wrong; the FDR judge had not given him a 28-day cooling off period.

FDRs Case Management Part III

Potanina v Potanin (Case Management) [2026] EWFC 80

MacDonald J. Case management decision on the wife's claim under Part III Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 after a Russian divorce. The court refused the husband's applications to adjourn proceedings and for a split hearing, lifted a stay on disclosure, and set directions.

TOLATA Claims Bankruptcy

Reid-Roberts & Anor v Mei-Lin & Anor [2026] EWHC 49 (Ch)

Cawson J. Appeal and cross-appeal concerning H’s beneficial interest in the matrimonial home. Cawson J found that H had not transferred his beneficial interest to W, but that sale of the property should be deferred.