Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2023] EWFC 50

Judgment date: 04 April 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/50 Sir Jonathan Cohen. The latest and, one hopes, final episode in a legal saga involving financial remedy, jurisdiction and children litigation spaning 60 hearings between Russia and England, in which H alone had sought counsel and legal

Pierburg v Pierburg [2022] EWHC 2701 (Fam)

Judgment date: 09 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2701.html Facts Moor J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application made by Clarissa Gisela Pierburg (‘W’) for financial provision after an overseas divorce pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.

VSN v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and JN [2022] UKUT 138 (Administrative Appeals Chamber)

Judgment date: 17 May 2022 https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKUT/AAC/2022/138.html Upper Tribunal Judge Poynter. This was an application for permission to appeal, persuasive but not binding, and published because it dealt with a novel situation: was a mirror order a “maintenance order” within the

Lockwood v Greenbaum [2022] EWHC 845 (Fam)

Judgment date: 13 April 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/845.html Moor J. W applied for permission in this jurisdiction to bring an application pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (‘1984 Act’) for financial provision following a divorce in

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30

Judgment date: 12 April 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/30.html Mostyn J. Comprehensive survey of law on anonymisation of judgments; [74]–[142]. Correct question is 'Why is it in the public interest that the parties should be anonymous?' rather than 'Why

E v B (Interim Maintenance Inaccurate Time Estimate) [2021] EWFC B90

Judgment date: 04 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/90.html Recorder Chandler. W’s application for interim maintenance and costs allowance in proceedings under Part III. Robust assumptions were made about H’s ability to pay, and W was awarded £3,000 pcm interim

Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2021] EWHC 3086 (Fam)

Judgment date: 18 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/3086.html Moor J. W’s applications under TOLATA and Part III MFPA concerning three properties in London. H and W were Kuwaiti nationals. W had received a financial award from the Kuwait Court in 2019.