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When Australian legislators introduced a statutory presumption that both parents should have a meaningful relationship with their child, applications to Australian family courts increased as parties thought their cases were the exceptions to the presumption. Sometimes, therefore, introducing greater certainty does not reduce litigation, but has the opposite effect. Given

HD v WB [2023] EWFC 2 (Peel J) Pre-nuptial agreement challenged by husband on the basis that he did not understand its implications and that it would not meet his needs. Husband was successful on this second contention. He received a needs-based award, albeit only 4% of overall liquid assets.