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).
Legal Services Payment Orders
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
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)
MB v CD [2024] EWHC 751 (Fam)
Judgment date: 02 April 2024
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/751
Judd J. This case concerned an application by the mother for a legal services payment order (LSPO) in respect of both financial remedy and Children Act 1989 proceedings. The mother sought an LSPO amounting to £143,