Maintenance as a Cause of Action

Hasan, Statutory Construction, and the Barder Conundrum

Hasan, Statutory Construction, and the Barder Conundrum

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0159.html By now there will be plenty of material online summarising the decision in Hasan and proffering some commentary. I appeared as junior counsel for the Respondents in the appeal (led by Andrzej Bojarski and Tim Amos KC, instructed by Expatriate Law). The Appellants

Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) (Appellants) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 22

Judgment date: 28 June 2023 https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0159.html Judges: Lord Hodge (Deputy President), Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens. Also on National Archives: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uksc/2023/22. Summary The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal brought by the wife,

The Death of a Financial Remedy Claim: the Supreme Court Decision

The Death of a Financial Remedy Claim: the Supreme Court Decision

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0159.html Michael Horton KC, Greg Williams, and Srishti Suresh are barristers at Coram Chambers and represented the appellants in the Hasan appeal, instructed by Jeremy Abraham and Anna Shadbolt at Dawson Cornwell.. Supreme Court decision The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in Unger

Hasan v Ul-Hasan (Deceased) & Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam)

Judgment date: 02 July 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/1791.html Mostyn J. Does an unadjudicated claim by a wife under Part III Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 survive the death of the husband and thus be continued against his estate? This is the