RKV v JWC (No 2) [2025] EWFC 429 (B)
Wife is granted a costs order for legal costs on the indemnity basis due to the husband’s ‘complete and multi-faceted’ misconduct, namely deception and refusal to comply with court orders.
Costs
BM v MB and Others [2025] EWFC 129
Fiona Hay sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge. Final hearing. The key issues revolved around a business which H had inherited shortly before the parties began cohabiting but which had been transformed during the marriage, arguments concerning non-matrimonial property, and a s 37 application.
RKV v JWC (No 2) [2025] EWFC 429 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/429?query=RKV%20(Rhys)
TY v XA (No 3) [2025] EWFC 350
Cusworth J. Wife is granted a costs order for her ‘disproportionate’ legal costs on the standard basis due to husband’s ‘normal’ litigation misconduct.
AT v NB (No 2) (Maintenance Pending Suit: Costs) [2025] EWFC 287 (B)
DDJ Mark Harrop. Judgment regarding costs arising out of an application for maintenance pending suit.
M & R (Children) (Refusal of Legal Aid Costs) [2025] EWFC 299 (B)
Mr Recorder O’Grady. Judgment in private law Children Act 1989 proceedings which addresses how to properly prepare witness statement evidence on behalf of a non-English speaking party.
DH v RH (No 6) (Application to Set Aside) [2025] EWFC 175
MacDonald J. Ex-tempore judgment handed down almost 12 months after the final order had been made. W had made various applications following the final order, including to set aside the final order and to commit H, whilst H in response to W’s failure to comply had also made multiple applications.