Publicity and Confidentiality

Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52

Judgment date: 13 June 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/52.html Mostyn J. Application for a reporting restriction order ('RRO'), alternatively an anonymity order. Reference to proceedings 'in private' in FPR 27.10 and 27.11 does not impose secrecy as

Very Much Ancillary

Very Much Ancillary

A lot has been written of late about the privacy (or otherwise) of family money cases, and all of it by men with big brains and a lot of words. As someone who hasn’t conducted a money case for some years (not great with numbers, me), I would not

XZ v YZ [2022] EWFC 49

Judgment date: 20 May 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/49.html Mostyn J. H’s application for a reporting restriction order (RRO) against background of Mostyn J’s decision in Xanthopoulos v Rakshina ⁠[2022] EWFC 30 that a financial remedy judgment (which is not mainly

The Insolvency Service v Becker & Anor [2020] EWHC 2546 (Fam)

Judgment date: 25 September 2020 Mostyn J. The Insolvency Service brought criminal proceedings against the tennis player Boris Becker, alleging that he had failed to disclose all his assets. One count of alleged non-disclosure related to the existence of the BB Settlement, a trust established pursuant to an order under

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

BT v CU [2021] EWFC 87

Judgment date: 01 November 2021 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2021/87.html H’s application to set aside financial remedy order on basis that the downturn in his company’s value during the covid-19 pandemic constituted a Barder event (Barder v Barder [1988] AC 20). In