Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications

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

A Wife v A Husband [2023] EWFC 200

Judgment date: 09 November 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/200.html HHJ Willans. Financial remedy application involving a single issue, namely, what were W’s housing needs and how should those needs be funded. There had been a jurisdictional dispute between Italy and England, with

LT v ZU [2023] EWFC 179

Judgment date: 06 October 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/179.html HHJ Evans-Gordon. Substantive hearing following the father challenging an application by the mother to convert an arbitral award into an order of the court. See earlier decision in LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206.

LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206

Judgment date: 28 December 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/206 Application by the father challenging an arbitral award concerning provision for the parties’ two children pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. The challenge was on two general grounds: (1) the arbitrator had no power

Renée v Galbraith-Marten [2023] EWFC 141

Judgment date: 22 August 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/141 Cobb J. Effect of James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) – summary here – on top-up child maintenance previously agreed in Sch 1 proceedings. A long-running case, in which there is are previous reported judgments at [2016] EWHC

James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam)

Judgment date: 19 April 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/844 Mostyn J. An appeal concerning the correct approach to the calculation of child maintenance liability in which Mostyn J adds to the ever-expanding repository of family law acronyms. The mother ('M') and father ('

X v Y, Re Z (No. 4 Schedule 1 award) [2023] EWFC 25

Judgment date: 07 March 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/25.pdf Mr Justice Cobb. M’s application under Schedule 1 for financial provision from F, who lives in the USA, for Zoe who is 2 years 4 months old and suffers from Williams Syndrome. Zoe