AB v CD [2026] EWHC 1504 (Fam)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2026/1504
Legal Services Payment Orders
Re A and Z: Service Out; MPS; LSPO [2026] EWFC 64
McKendrick J. Interim hearing addressing an application to set aside a previous order permitting alternative service of the divorce petition out of jurisdiction by email in the US, alongside MPS and LSPO applications.
DR v ES & Ors (Further LSPO Application) [2026] EWFC 15
MacDonald J. Hearing of W’s fourth LSPO application in long running financial remedies proceedings. MacDonald J dealt with questions of historic and future costs in circumstances where W had overspent on the budget set by a previous LSPO order.
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