Cases

Jurisdiction Child Maintenance Appeals 2007 Hague Convention Enforcement

AJ v FJ (Appeal Against Registration) [2024] EWFC 356

Judgment date: 06 December 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/356 MacDonald J. Summary This matter concerned a successful appeal against the decision of the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre (MEBC) to register a Polish interim maintenance order obtained by the respondent from the District Court in Jelenia Gora

Interim Relief Maintenance Pending Suit Legal Services Payment Orders

HA v EN [2025] EWHC 48 (Fam)

Judgment date: 15 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/48 Deputy High Court Judge Richard Todd KC. Application by W for maintenance pending suit (MPS) and a legal services payment order (LSPO) in protracted financial remedy proceedings. Background W, aged 40 and born in Russia, had

Hadkinson Orders Disclosure Costs Business Valuation Valuations

WX v HX [2023] EWFC 279 (B)

Judgment date: 21 December 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/279 Mr Recorder Day’s judgment in a case involving complex procedural history, intervenors, non-disclosure and a ‘fragile’ business valuation. Of note is Recorder Day’s inclusion of his earlier decision to refuse a Hadkinson order. Recorder

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property Needs

ST v AR [2025] EWFC 4

Judgment date: 09 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/4 HHJ Vincent (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Final hearing in a high-value case. Court making findings on whether H’s large inheritance had been matrimonialised, W’s entitlement to a second home, and who should

Setting Aside a Decree Nisi Divorce Orders Divorce Orders (Out Of Time)

HK v SS [2025] EWFC 5 (B)

Judgment date: 14 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/5 HHJ Simmonds, National Lead Judge for Divorce. Guidance on when a delay between conditional order being made, and application for a final order, is delay sufficient to cause the court to question whether a final order

Housing Need Appeals Mesher Orders and Deferred Charges Needs

V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B)

Judgment date: 19 December 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/380 HHJ Booth. Appeal from a final order in a modest asset case, in which the court was tasked with balancing the needs of a party suffering from a serious disability and the needs of the primary

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property Experts Companies Valuations

WW v XX [2024] EWFC 330 (B)

Judgment date: 11 October 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/330 HHJ Hess. Final hearing involving valuation and matrimonial nature of business. Husband (52) and Wife (38) cohabited from 2010, married in September 2017 and separated in Spring 2022. The length of marriage was therefore 11.5