Awolowo v Awolowo & Anor [2025] EWCA Civ 641
Moylan LJ, Popplewell LJ and Sir Christopher Floyd. Wife wins appeal over £1.6m ‘loan’ tied to the family home.
Intervenors
‘Feral, Unprincipled and Unnecessarily Expensive’ – A Guide to Intervenor Claims
Introduction
Intervenor claims take us – family lawyers – out of our comfort zone.
As financial remedy (FR) specialists we are used to dealing with discretion and grey areas: the assessment of housing and income need, where to draw the line between marital and non-marital assets, how to reflect pre-marital contributions. The
WX v HX [2023] EWFC 279 (B)
Judgment date: 21 December 2023
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/279
Mr Recorder Day’s judgment in a case involving complex procedural history, intervenors, non-disclosure and a ‘fragile’ business valuation. Of note is Recorder Day’s inclusion of his earlier decision to refuse a Hadkinson order. Recorder
Watch | Intervenor claims – who, what, when and why?
Watch the recording of ‘Intervenor Claims - who, what when and why?’, with speakers: Alexander Chandler KC, 1KBW; Max Turnell, 1KBW; Rhys Taylor, The 36 Group and Helen Brander, Pump Court Chambers.
Topics covered in this webinar include:
When should you join an intervenor (distinction between property claims and loans)
AP v BP & Ors (financial remedies & s 37 application to set aside disposition) [2023] EWFC 170
Judgment date: 29 August 2023
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/170.html
HHJ Vincent. Application by H to set aside dispositions by W of shares to intervenors.
Facts
H (58) and W (48) married in August 2002 and separated in May 2017. The assets comprised a