Foreign Assets

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

KV v KV [2024] EWFC 165

Judgment date: 03 July 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/165 Peel J. Application by W for (i) Maintenance Pending Suit (MPS) pursuant to s 22 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and (ii) a Legal Services Payment Order (LSPO) pursuant to s 22ZA of the Matrimonial Causes

Proving Foreign Law in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Proving Foreign Law in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Foreign law often rears its head in financial remedy proceedings with an international element. Issues of foreign law need not cause panic or confusion provided they are identified and appropriately case managed early in the proceedings. The trouble is, often they are not. Many practitioners will have experienced being sent

Hersman v De Verchere [2024] EWHC 905 (Fam)

Judgment date: 19 April 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/905 Moor J. Enforcement proceedings following W’s failure to transfer a ski chalet to H. W previously committed to three months’ imprisonment but has not returned to the UK. H awarded £2.3m on account of

AS v RS [2023] EWFC 283 (B)

Judgment date: 08 July 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/283.html District Judge Troy. Application by W for leave to bring a claim pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (’the MFPA’). Background * This was a six-year marriage with three

LMZ v AMZ [2024] EWFC 28

Judgment date: 12 February 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/28 Moor J. A striking age difference, 48 years between the parties, gives rise to a strong needs-based claim. Background * Both parties were born in Iraq and married in September 1999. At that time, H was 68 and