Cases

Agreements Pensions on Divorce Needs

CMX v EJX (French Marriage Contract) [2020] EWFC 136

Judgment date: 02 November 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/136 Moor J. The Husband (‘H’) was a 56 year old French national and Chairman of Industrial Investment Banking at bank. The Wife (‘W’) was French/Lebanese/British, 54 years old and had a successful career in the

Jurisdiction Forum Disputes Forum

Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2022] EWFC 70

Judgment date: 01 July 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/70.html Moor J. A case involving complex jurisdiction arguments, habitual residence, international marital agreements and underlying assets worth over £200m. Husband (‘H’) was 70 years old and a Norwegian national. The Wife (‘W’) was 50

Foreign Assets Disclosure Jurisdiction Conduct Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and Their Recognition

XO v YO & Anor [2022] EWFC 114

Judgment date: 22 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/114.html HHJ Hess. Financial remedies decision concerning whether English court had jurisdiction to determine a claim in respect of immovable property situated outside England where the claim is based on equity; and can adverse inferences

Trusts

HA v WA v BV [2022] EWFC 110

Judgment date: 27 September 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/110 Sir Jonathan Cohen. Issue between the parties in relation to beneficial ownership of a property held in the W’s sole name. H’s case was that the property belonged legally and beneficially to the W, where

Repudiation Agreements Jurisdiction Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act

Pierburg v Pierburg [2022] EWHC 2701 (Fam)

Judgment date: 09 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2701.html Facts Moor J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application made by Clarissa Gisela Pierburg (‘W’) for financial provision after an overseas divorce pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.

Financial Remedies Court (FRC) Striking Out Applications Valuation of Shares Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)

AB v CD [2022] EWFC 116

Judgment date: 29 July 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/116.html Roberts J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application to set aside a consent order made in financial remedy proceedings, and a responding application to strike out or summarily dismiss H’s application. The parties

Quashie v Solomon [2022] UKPC 34

Judgment date: 30 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/2022/34.html The Privy Council heard an appeal concerning promissory and proprietary estoppel and the time for enforcing interests held under constructive trusts. Mr and Mrs Solomon married in 1978 and divorced in 1981. They had one