Costs

A v B [2025] EWFC 127

Judgment date: 14 April 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/127 Trowell J. Application for a lump sum for litigation costs under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 in relation to proceedings under s 8 of the Children Act 1989. Facts The parties separated in 2018 when

SM v BA (No 2: Maintenance Pending Suit) [2025] EWFC 28

Judgment date: 19 February 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/28 Nicholas Allen KC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Application to increase maintenance pending suit (MPS) in ‘super-rich’ financial remedies case. Overview This judgment follows that in SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC

VTY v GDB [2025] EWFC 110 (B)

Judgment date: 24 April 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/110 Recorder Taylor. Final hearing in a financial remedy application which concerned issues of non-disclosure and allegations of asset concealment in different countries. The matter also involved foreign litigation which appeared to undermine the existing proceedings in

T v T and Others (Disregard for Procedural Rules, Adjournment) [2025] EWFC 14 (B)

Judgment date: 29 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/14 Recorder Chandler KC was forced to adjourn a three-day hearing in the face of W’s legal aid solicitors failing to comply with the Family Court’s procedures. The judge made it clear that where a