Needs

Wife v Husband [2023] EWFC 273 (B)

Judgment date: 06 June 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/273.html DJ Masters. Small money case heard by a district judge. Final hearing where H dissipated inheritance received during the marriage. Facts H (49) and W (55). The parties had one son (20). Tragically, the

WC v HC [2022] EWFC 40

Judgment date: 11 May 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/40 Peel J: costs awarded in needs case reducing substantive award. In the substantive proceedings, Peel J awarded W £7.45m on a needs basis. H applied for an order for costs (£310k), whilst W proposed no order.

A v B (In the matter of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984) [2023] EWFC 241 (B)

Judgment date: 19 January 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/241.html HHJ Evans-Gordon. MFPA 1984 Part III. Distribution of the proceeds of sale of a property in England following an overseas divorce. Background The parties met in 2000 and began cohabiting in the subject property

VT v LT [2023] EWFC 256 (B)

Judgment date: 18 December 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/256.html DJ Hatvany. A welcome rare report of a low asset case heard by a DJ. How could the court meet the needs of two households from limited assets? The marriage lasted 18 years, and

A Wife v A Husband [2023] EWFC 200

Judgment date: 09 November 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/200.html HHJ Willans. Financial remedy application involving a single issue, namely, what were W’s housing needs and how should those needs be funded. There had been a jurisdictional dispute between Italy and England, with

AZ v BZ (Financial Remedies Appeal) [2020] EWFC B86

Judgment date: 22 May 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2020/B86.html HHJ Vincent. Appeal by H of a financial remedy order where on a clean break basis the assets were divided 99/1 in favour of W. The asset pool was modest, mostly made up

Butler v Butler [2023] EWHC 2453 (Fam)

Judgment date: 24 August 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/2453 Moor J. Does judge have to satisfy both parties’ needs in a needs case? Appeal in modest asset case where first instance order did not meet W’s needs. H (64) and W (53). 6 year