International Enforcement

JQ v IQ [2025] EWFC 192 (B)

Judgment date: 23 June 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/192 HHJ Vincent. A Pakistani divorce was deemed to be valid in the UK on public policy grounds and permission was granted for the wife to bring financial remedies proceedings in this jurisdiction. This hearing concerned the

Sandeep Kumar Chugh v Latika Chugh [2025] EWFC 42

Judgment date: 04 March 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/42 Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Final hearing concerning H’s application for recognition of divorce proceedings brought by H in India, and H’s challenge to the jurisdictional basis of divorce proceedings

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

C v D (No 2) (2007 Hague Convention) [2024] EWFC 36

Judgment date: 27 February 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/36 MacDonald J underlines the limited circumstances in which the registration of a maintenance order pursuant to the Hague Convention 2007 may be appealed successfully. The judgment marks the latest, and hopefully final, saga in an epic of

Re Z (No 5) (Enforcement) [2024] EWFC 44

Judgment date: 04 March 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/44 Cobb J. Enforcement of Schedule 1 Order: freezing order, capitalisation of periodical payments for the benefit of the child, and Hadkinson order made against F who resides in the USA. In March 2023, Cobb J made a

L v O [2024] EWFC 6

Judgment date: 05 February 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/6 Cobb J. Interlocutory applications prior to substantive Barder hearing. Applications for stay and Hadkinson order dismissed. Application for security of costs granted owing to residence outside the jurisdiction. Background H is a foreign national of country X,

VSN v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and JN [2022] UKUT 138 (Administrative Appeals Chamber)

Judgment date: 17 May 2022 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2022/138.html Upper Tribunal Judge Poynter. This was an application for permission to appeal, persuasive but not binding, and published because it dealt with a novel situation: was a mirror order a “maintenance order” within the