Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act

Mahtani v Mahtani [2023] EWHC 2988 (Fam)

Judgment date: 22 November 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/2988 Mr James Ewins KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Application by W for an order under s 51(3) of the Family Law Act 1986, for non-recognition of the overseas divorce obtained by H

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

On 31 October and 1 November 2023 the UK Supreme Court will be hearing the former husband’s appeal in the case of Potanin and Potanina. The appeal will consider in what circumstances it is appropriate for the English family court to allow a former spouse to make an application

AW v AH [2022] EWFC 195

Judgment date: 11 August 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/195.html Deputy District Judge Michael Horton QC. The reserved judgment at a final hearing for financial relief under Part III of the 1984 Act. Short marriage of 3 years including cohabitation, one child of the

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