Costs in Needs Cases: Persistent Reluctance [2026] 2 FRJ 111. Courts remain reluctant to make costs orders in needs cases notwithstanding significant reform in recent years. This should change.
MNV v CNV [2025] EWFC 176 (B) Judgment date: 19 June 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/176 DDJ Bradshaw. Drastic change in personal circumstances results in add-back in small money case. Overview DDJ Bradshaw considered arguments relating to the add-back of dissipated assets in a modest FR case. Shortly after separation the husband
