RC v FP [2025] EWFC 123
Mr Nicholas Allen KC sitting as deputy High Court judge. Judgment in private law children proceedings extending transparency order until child’s 18th birthday.
Domestic Abuse
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Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations
Introduction
This blog piece has been timed to coincide with the publication, on 8 October 2024, of the report by Resolution on ‘Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings’. This groundbreaking report delves into the interplay between domestic abuse and the treatment of finances on separation and divorce/dissolution (hereinafter ‘divorce’
A v R [2024] EWFC 218 (B)
Judgment date: 05 August 2024
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/218
This judgment by DJ Dodsworth examines the legal principles relevant to raising conduct arguments in financial remedy proceedings.
Background
A (aged 52) and R (aged 56) met in 1993, they began cohabiting in 1996. They subsequently