Noah Silberschmidt v Nanette Richards [2025] EWHC 2841 (Fam) https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/2841?query=Silberschmidt+Richards+%5B2025%5D+EWHC+2841
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
On v On [2024] EWFC 379 Judgment date: 11 December 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/379 HHJ Booth (now retired), sitting as a High Court judge, considered whether the duty of full and frank disclosure ends at the arbitration hearing, the judgment, and also whether the arbitral award should be treated as a
JL v NN [2024] EWHC 1489 Judgment date: 25 April 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/1489 Williams J allowed W’s appeal on the basis that the judge failed to explicitly evaluate critical evidence and reach clear conclusions. Williams J confirmed that the burden of proof for fraud and dishonesty in the
Goddard-Watts – The Second Sequel: Fraud Unravels All, Sometimes The words ‘Goddard-Watts’ may cause a feeling of déjà vu for financial remedy practitioners. After their separation and divorce (in 2009 and 2010, respectively) the parties settled by consent the financial relief claims arising from their divorce in 2010. Subsequently, it was found on two separate occasions that the husband
Dodgy Digital Documents: Where Are We Now? Where Are We Going? In the sun-kissed, halcyon days of late 2019 when Brexit had not yet taken effect and a corona was a halo of gas seen around the sun during an eclipse, a fevered discussion was taking place on Twitter between family lawyers regarding the increasing frequency with which we were seeing