Separation Agreement

Separation Agreements: Mostyn J’s Final Revolution?

Separation Agreements: Mostyn J’s Final Revolution?

Despite Mostyn J’s comment in one of his final cases, Baker v Baker [2023] EWFC 136, that it posed ‘no real issues of law’,[[1]] his judgment arguably sought to revolutionise the law on separation agreements. Whilst separation agreements have long been treated as one factor – albeit a weighty

Susan Nancy Baker v Andrew Hartill Baker [2023] EWFC 136

Judgment date: 11 August 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/136.html Mostyn J. Final hearing of W's financial remedies claim, in which the main issue was whether H should be held to the terms of a separation agreement executed by the parties in