Millionaire's Defence

LIN v PAR [2025] EWFC 401

Peel J. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings. The couple's 2002 draft consent order had not been sealed by the court, but the parties had acted upon it with the belief that it had been formalised. Peel J determined that it constituted a Xydhias agreement.

MH v FD [2025] EWFC 390

Mr Justin Warshaw KC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Application for interim relief within proceedings brought under Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989. The father took the 'millionaire's defence'.

W v X [2025] EWHC 1696 (Fam)

Schedule 1 'big money' case before Mr Justin Warshaw KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge) concerning the financial provision of C.

Y v Z [2024] EWFC 4

Judgment date: 16 January 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/4.html Peel J’s determination of M’s Schedule 1 application against F, who is a member of a Middle Eastern royal family. M’s application for financial provision under Schedule 1 of the Children

A v V [2022] EWHC 3501 (Fam)

Judgment date: 08 July 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/3501.html Mr Justice Francis. A ‘relatively straightforward’ application pursuant to Schedule 1. F’s costs were c.£3.8m and M’s were £1.7m, despite F attending the final hearing as a litigant in