Cases

Nieman v Withers LLP [2022] EWHC 2237 (QB)

Judgment date: 19 July 2022 Andrew Baker J. H brought a claim against Withers LLP on the ground that Withers had provided him with negligent advice in the context of his divorce, and that the terms agreed with W by way of financial settlement following their divorce were not as

Experts Variation Applications Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications Civil Restraint Orders

Renée v Galbraith-Marten [2022] EWFC 118

Judgment date: 04 October 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/118 Mostyn J. F’s application for extension of extended civil restraint order (ECRO) and M’s application for permission pursuant to ECRO to bring a Schedule 1 application for a capitalised school fees order and variation of

Proprietary Estoppel

Guest v Guest [2022] UKSC 27

Judgment date: 19 October 2022 https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2020-0107.html Lord Briggs, Lady Arden, Lord Leggatt, Lord Stephens, Lady Rose. What is the proper approach to granting relief under the doctrine of proprietary estoppel? The claimant Andrew Guest had relied to his significant detriment on assurances made by

Proprietary Estoppel

Guest v Guest [2020] EWCA Civ 387

Judgment date: 17 March 2020 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2020/387.html Floyd, Newey, and Arnold LJJ. Appeal from a decision of HHJ Russen QC, summarised here, that the claimant, Andrew, had relied to his detriment on assurances made by his father with this mother’s

Proprietary Estoppel

Guest v Guest [2019] EWHC 869 (Ch)

Judgment date: 16 April 2019 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2019/869.html HHJ Russen QC. The claimant, Andrew Guest, worked on his parents’ farm for thirty years for a lower wage than someone with his skills could have achieved elsewhere, in reliance – he argued – on his

Enforcement

Brake & Anor v Guy & Ors [2022] EWHC 1746 (Ch)

Judgment date: 11 July 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2022/1746.html HHJ Paul Matthews. Application for a third party debt order (TPDO; formerly a garnishee order) against the trustees of Mr Brake’s SIPP. The debt was in relation to the costs of litigation lost

Pensions on Divorce Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)

Goodyear v Goodyear (Deceased) [2022] EWFC 96

Judgment date: 12 August 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/96 HHJ Farquhar. Application by the husband to set aside a pension sharing order (‘PSO’) following the death of the wife. The application was opposed by the executor’s of the wife’s estate. The fundamental issue was