Cases

Lex Loci Celebrationis Validity of marriage Estoppel Res Judicatam

Boughajdim v Hayoukane [2022] EWHC 2673 (Fam)

Judgment date: 21 October 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2022/2673 MacDonald J. Long-running complex dispute over validity of marriage. W wanted a divorce; H said there was no marriage to dissolve. A valid marriage can be conducted in Morocco without a formal ceremony. W argued that

Nullity divorce Validity of marriage Conflict of Law

Parveen v Hussain and the Queen’s Proctor [2022] EWCA Civ 1434

Judgment date: 04 November 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/1434.html Moylan, Asplin and Stuart-Smith LJJ. W was domiciled in Pakistan when her former husband pronounced talaq while in England. The talaq decree issued by a British mosque was certified by the Pakistani authorities as

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property Tax Needs Trusts Add-Backs

ARQ v YAQ [2022] EWFC 128

Judgment date: 19 May 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/128 Moor J. H was a highly successful retired businessman. He married W in 2005 in what was an entirely conventional second marriage. Alongside a significant portfolio of assets, H owned a sheep and cattle farm in Country

Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

Stacey v McNicholas [2022] EWHC 278 (Fam)

Judgment date: 02 November 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2022/278 Moor J. Under Schedule 1, F had been ordered to pay a lump sum of £350,000 to the M to act as a housing fund, in addition to a sum of £50,000 on standard

Maintenance Pending Suit Enforcement

Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 45

Judgment date: 26 April 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/45 Mostyn J. W’s application for enforcement of interim maintenance order (maintenance decision summarised here). H had negligently failed to pay wages of staff at the parties’ house in Antibes, such payments being part of the interim

Secured Provision Agreements Child Maintenance Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications Duxbury Capitalisation

Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 135

Judgment date: 14 November 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/135 Mostyn J. Ultra high net worth financial remedies where there there was a 2014 postnuptial agreement (a 2012 prenup modified after marriage). H was a billionaire real estate developer and parties ‘lived a billionaire lifestyle’. PNA created

Freezing Injunctions Costs

J v H [2022] EWFC 133

Judgment date: 09 November 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/133 Peel J. H’s application for a freezing injunction. Reference to Mostyn J’s guidance from UL v BK and the importance of compliance with the pre-requisites set out in that case. H’s initial application was