Cases

Foreign Assets Part III Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act

AS v RS [2023] EWFC 283 (B)

Judgment date: 08 July 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/283.html District Judge Troy. Application by W for leave to bring a claim pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (’the MFPA’). Background * This was a six-year marriage with three

Child Maintenance Conduct Costs Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications Case Management

TK v LK [2024] EWFC 71

Judgment date: 02 April 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/71.html Mr Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Summary Enormously helpful review of Sch 1 authorities re (i) the jurisdiction to make a Schedule 1 award after a clean break in

Housing Need School Fees Standard Of Living Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications Child Support

A Mother v A Father (Re Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 63

Judgment date: 19 February 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/63.html HHJ Vincent. Schedule 1 matter determined in light of the child’s needs and the strict remit of Schedule 1, notwithstanding the significant disparity between the parents’ respective economic positions and standards of living.

Conduct Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses Costs

Collardeau v Fuchs & Anor [2024] EWHC 642 (Fam)

Judgment date: 21 March 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/642 Knowles J. Costs in relation to: * dismissal of W’s contempt application against H and Mr Harrison, the owner of a company that provided management services to H and W; * withdrawal by H of his application

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property Duration of the Marriage Costs

S v S [2023] EWFC 269

Judgment date: 07 June 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/269.html Background HHJ Booth prefers Moylan LJ’s approach to matrimonial/non-matrimonial property, in which a scientific approach only takes one so far and the court must apply its discretion, over Mostyn J’s more

Costs Tax Trusts

ES v SS [No.2] [2024] EWFC 59

Judgment date: 18 March 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/59.html Sir Jonathan Cohen: determination as to the distribution of trust assets following a final hearing. In October 2023, the court handed down a substantive judgment in the parties’ financial remedies proceedings. The effect of

Proprietary Estoppel

Julie Annette Merryman v Alex Raymond Merryman & Ors [2024] EWFC 58 (B)

Judgment date: 14 March 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/58 HHJ Baddeley. Four stepchildren intervene successfully in financial remedies case in respect of four farming properties. The judgment disposes of an application made by four children (‘the children’) to intervene in financial remedies proceedings between their