Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

Re A v B (Schedule 1: Arbitral Award: Appeal) [2024] EWHC 778 (Fam)

Judgment date: 10 April 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/778 Cobb J. A root and branch assault leads to the conclusion that the court is not limited to the ‘four corners’ of Schedule 1 and can make orders that require a party to borrow. Background M’

TK v LK [2024] EWFC 71

Judgment date: 02 April 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/71.html Mr Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Summary Enormously helpful review of Sch 1 authorities re (i) the jurisdiction to make a Schedule 1 award after a clean break in

A Mother v A Father (Re Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 63

Judgment date: 19 February 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/63.html HHJ Vincent. Schedule 1 matter determined in light of the child’s needs and the strict remit of Schedule 1, notwithstanding the significant disparity between the parents’ respective economic positions and standards of living.

SP v QR [2024] EWFC 57 (B)

Judgment date: 12 March 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/57.html HHJ Hess. Schedule 1 application with a ‘more modest’ asset base regarding residence in a property subject to a mortgage and ‘top-up’ maintenance for a disabled child. Background The applicant mother was 37 years

Re Z (No 5) (Enforcement) [2024] EWFC 44

Judgment date: 04 March 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/44 Cobb J. Enforcement of Schedule 1 Order: freezing order, capitalisation of periodical payments for the benefit of the child, and Hadkinson order made against F who resides in the USA. In March 2023, Cobb J made a

Y v Z [2024] EWFC 4

Judgment date: 16 January 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/4.html Peel J’s determination of M’s Schedule 1 application against F, who is a member of a Middle Eastern royal family. M’s application for financial provision under Schedule 1 of the Children

Galbraith-Marten v De Renée [2023] EWFC 253

Judgment date: 20 December 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/253.html Cobb J. Application of James v Seymour formula for child maintenance under Sch 1 in this long-running case. The substantial history of this extremely long-running case is set out in prior decisions. Briefly, this