Legal Services Payment Orders

Finality and Funding: a Further Thought on CC v UU Concerning the Availability of LSPOs for Enforcement Proceedings

Finality and Funding: a Further Thought on CC v UU Concerning the Availability of LSPOs for Enforcement Proceedings

In the case of CC v UU, concerning post-final order LSPOs, did Peel J fall into error? Should the judgment have been decided differently?

JMD v SPD [2025] EWFC 154 (B)

District Judge Stephen Parker sitting in the Family Court at Birmingham. H's application for a second expert (business valuation) and W's application for continuation of an LSPO (legal services payments order).

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.

CC v UU [2025] EWFC 214

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/214

SM v BA (No 2: Maintenance Pending Suit) [2025] EWFC 28

Judgment date: 19 February 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/28 Nicholas Allen KC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Application to increase maintenance pending suit (MPS) in ‘super-rich’ financial remedies case. Overview This judgment follows that in SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC

Transplanting Costs Order Principles to LSPOs and Legal Costs Funding Orders

Transplanting Costs Order Principles to LSPOs and Legal Costs Funding Orders

In family proceedings, the court has two key tools at its disposal to address the funding of litigation. The first is via a legal services payment order (an LSPO) to meet the incurrence of future legal fees (whether the statutory jurisdiction under s 22ZA of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973

PM v RM [2025] EWFC 11

Judgment date: 20 January 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/11 Mr Justin Warshaw KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge. Application for maintenance pending suit, a legal services payment order and an injunction in a high value financial remedy case. Facts W (45) and H (68)