Sale of Property Proprietary Estoppel Detrimental Reliance Occupation Trespass Grijns v Grijns & Ors [2025] EWHC 1413 (Ch) Master Bowles (sitting in retirement). Failed proprietary estoppel claim by son who lived in his parents’ Chelsea property for over 20 years.
FDRs Private FDR Privilege BC v BC [2025] EWFC 236 Peel J. Save for four specific matters, parties cannot refer to what happened at the pFDR. The Financial Remedies Court – Primary Principles paragraph 8 issued by Mostyn J and HHJ Hess goes too far by saying that the court should be told that offers were made and that an was indication given.
Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses Ozturk v Ozturk (Reissue 2) [2025] EWFC 162 (B) HHJ Moreton. Committal proceedings relating to a husband who failed to complete his Form E in financial remedy proceedings.
Companies Valuations Wells Sharing Culligan v Culligan (No 3) (Terms of Order) [2025] EWFC 186 MacDonald J. The court determined the terms of an order following a final hearing in January, which saw an equal division of the matrimonial assets following a 40-year marriage, including Wells sharing.
Housing Need Hard and Soft Debts JB v RB [2025] EWFC 194 (B) District Judge Akers. This case involved final financial remedy proceedings between the Wife and the Husband following the breakdown of a long marriage. The dispute centred on the division of the former family home, spousal maintenance, and the classification of certain debts as ‘soft loans’.
Publicity and Confidentiality Re HMP [2025] EWCA Civ 824 Carr LCJ, King LJ and Warby LJ. The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a disclosure order in concluded care proceedings, confirming that the open justice principle did not extend to media applications unconnected to the court's decision-making in the case.
Delay Companies Conduct Valuations Post-Separation Accrual TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1659 (Fam) Mr Justin Warshaw KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Final hearing in a financial remedies matter, dealing with issues of interim provision, non-disclosure, conduct and post-separation accrual.