Cases

Maintenance Pending Suit Legal Services Payment Orders

DH v RH [2023] EWFC 111

Judgment date: 05 July 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/111 MacDonald J. Determination of the W’s application for a legal services payment order (LSPO) and maintenance pending suit (MPS). The parties were both in their 50s and had married in 1995. They have two daughters, born

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property Experts Companies Costs Valuations

CG v SG [2023] EWHC 942 (Fam)

Judgment date: 10 March 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/942 HHJ Hess. A final hearing in financial remedy proceedings heard over six days. Both parties were in their sixties and had a long marriage of 30 years. The children were all adult and independent. During the

'Thwaite Jurisdiction' Conduct Delay Costs Striking Out Applications

H v W [2023] EWFC 120

Judgment date: 14 July 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/120.html HHJ Reardon KC. This case concerns cross-applications regarding a final financial remedy order made in May 2021 (the 2021 order) by Recorder Anderson. This included an application by H for a further lump sum

Spousal Maintenance (Quantum) Costs Variation Applications Appeals Litigation Misconduct

Li v Simons [2023] EWHC 1626 (Fam)

Judgment date: 30 June 2023 https://assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/1626/ewhc_fam_2023_1626.pdf Moor J. Judgment on an appeal against an order made in a variation of maintenance application. The parties reached an agreement settling the financial claims arising out of their marriage

Sale of Property Interim Order For Sale

RA v KS [2023] EWFC 102

Judgment date: 23 June 2023 https://assets.caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/102/ewfc_2023_102.pdf Recorder Allen KC. Determination of W’s application for an interim order for sale. At an earlier directions hearing following a private FDR, the judge raised whether there was jurisdiction to order

Unconscionability Detrimental Reliance Proprietary Estoppel TLATA Applications

Hughes v Pritchard and Others [2023] EWHC 1382 (Ch)

Judgment date: 12 June 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2023/1382 HHJ Keyser KC. Propriety estoppel case. Cattle farmer Evan Hughes died leaving three children, the claimant Gareth Hughes, the defendant Carys Richards, and another child, Elfed, whose widow Gwen Hughes was the second defendant. The remaining