AO v EO [2026] EWFC 30 (B)
HHJ Edward Hess. Judgment in financial remedy proceedings, addressing habitual residence and forum conveniens where the parties had competing connections to England and Nigeria.
Jurisdiction
The Financial Remedies Court: A New Horizon?
It is approaching 10 years since HHJ Edward Hess and Joanna Miles published their seminal article which fired the starting gun for the creation of the Financial Remedies Court. The purpose of this article is to reflect upon the possible ways in which the FRC might evolve and develop in the future.
A v B (Refusal of Application for Stay of Divorce Petition) [2025] EWFC 377 (B)
HHJ Judge Cope. Refusal of application for stay of divorce petition.
Ramana v Kist-Ramana [2025] EWCA Civ 1022
Lewison, Moylan and Popplewell LJJ sitting in the Court of Appeal. An appeal by the wife against the decision of Williams J on 25 October 2024 after he dismissed an application for divorce for want of jurisdiction.
CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214
Peel J. Application by W for an LSPO following final financial remedy order dismissed due to lack of jurisdiction under s 22ZA MCA 1973 after a clean break.
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
CA v UK [2025] EWFC 117 (B)
Judgment date: 10 January 2025
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/117
HHJ Watkins. A substantive application by the father for a child maintenance order under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989 (‘Schedule 1’); [12]. Within the application, the main issue concerned the most suitable jurisdiction for