HA v EN [2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam) The Hon. Richard Todd KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Court varies Xydhias agreement, imposing significant contingent reduction in maintenance following change in circumstances.
Financial Remedies – Next Steps on the Road to Reform? 1.1 On 18 December 2024 the Law Commission published its Scoping Report on financial remedies on divorce and dissolution.[[1]] The Scoping Report sets out our findings that the current law does not provide a cohesive framework in which couples going through a divorce can expect fair and sufficiently
Potential Curtailment of the English Court’s Powers Under Part III MFPA The recent decision of Moor J in TY v XA [2024] EWFC 96 (24 April 2024) has received attention as the first reported MFPA 1984 Part III leave/set aside case since the Supreme Court decision in Potanina v Potanin [2024] UKSC 3 (31 January 2024). The judgment contains some
Maintenance for a Disabled Adult Child: A Case of Legal Blogging Between August 2022 and June 2023 I observed, via Teams, a number of hearings in a single case heard by HHJ Shelton in Leeds and now reported as AB v CD [2022] EWFC 197 and 198; and [2023] EWFC 103. The case concerned cross-applications for variation of a 2012 maintenance
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