Doweck v Doweck [2026] EWFC 238 (B)
4 August 2026. DJ Hammond. The court was concerned with an application for committal by W to commit H to prison.
Cases
Kanabar v Maganal Kanabar (Deceased) & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 582
15 May 2026. Baker LJ giving the lead judgment with Lewison and Yip LJJ agreeing. Appeal against the order of HHJ Rogers, in which he allowed an appeal against a financial remedy order made by DJ Birk.
BY v GC (No 4: Indemnities) [2026] EWFC 173
30 June 2026. Mr Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Dispute about whether W’s responsibility to indemnify H extended to indemnifying a company.
N v N (Appeal: Setting Aside of Decree Nisi) [2026] EWHC 1593 (Fam)
17 April 2026. Henke J. Appeal of a final divorce order granted on the basis of a procedural irregularity as the first instance judge had not seen an outstanding application to rescind the conditional order.
Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch)
27 March 2026. HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court judge). TLATA 1996 case concerning a post-separation change in intention, where the appellant also sought to recover outstanding child maintenance payments.
Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes [2026] EWCA Civ 698
3 June 2026. Andrews, Lewison and Warby LJJ. The appeal concerned whether a solicitor's retainer, charging by hourly rates for litigation work, qualified as a CBA under s 59 of the Solicitors Act 1974, despite not clearly telling the client what costs they were committing to.
BC v BC (No 2) (Matrimonialisation; Division of Shareholding; Provision for Debt) [2026] EWFC 37
20 February 2026. Garrido J. Final hearing in financial remedies proceedings, considering matrimonialisation and whether there should be a departure from equality due to the shares’ original non-matrimonial character.