Jurisdiction

Timokhin v Timokhina [2023] EWHC 58 (Fam)

Judgment date: 17 January 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/58.html Roberts J. Was a decision to stay a Sch 1 application pending conclusion of proceedings in another jurisdiction a substantive or procedural one? The parties were Russian nationals and parents to two children, aged

Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2022] EWFC 70

Judgment date: 01 July 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/70.html Moor J. A case involving complex jurisdiction arguments, habitual residence, international marital agreements and underlying assets worth over £200m. Husband (‘H’) was 70 years old and a Norwegian national. The Wife (‘W’) was 50

XO v YO & Anor [2022] EWFC 114

Judgment date: 22 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/114.html HHJ Hess. Financial remedies decision concerning whether English court had jurisdiction to determine a claim in respect of immovable property situated outside England where the claim is based on equity; and can adverse inferences

Pierburg v Pierburg [2022] EWHC 2701 (Fam)

Judgment date: 09 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2701.html Facts Moor J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application made by Clarissa Gisela Pierburg (‘W’) for financial provision after an overseas divorce pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.

SA v FA [2022] EWFC 115

Judgment date: 09 September 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/115 HHJ Hess. Judgment concerning divorce proceedings, domicile and the most appropriate forum. The parties met and married in England; the W was originally from South Africa. They had moved to the UAE in 2008 and remained there

Villiers v Villiers [2022] EWCA Civ 772

Judgment date: 10 June 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/772.html Moylan LJ, Coulson LJ and Arnold LJ. Appeal concerning an order by Mostyn J dismissing W’s application under s 27 of MCA 1973. Case provides useful content on the interpretation and application of

W v H (Financial Remedies: Pensions) [2021] EWFC 63

Judgment date: 14 September 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/B63.html Recorder Salter. Modest assets. Case involved pensions, third-party property, excessive litigation costs and jurisdiction of the court to make an order for child maintenance where the care of a child was shared equally between