'Thwaite Jurisdiction'

The Thwaite Jurisdiction – A Stay of Execution?

The Thwaite Jurisdiction – A Stay of Execution?

The very existence of the Thwaite jurisdiction is controversial. Thwaite, Benson and L v L Its origins are (unsurprisingly) found in Thwaite v Thwaite [1981] 2 FLR 280. A consent order was made for the transfer of the matrimonial home in England to the wife on the basis that she

H v W [2023] EWFC 120

Judgment date: 14 July 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/120.html HHJ Reardon KC. This case concerns cross-applications regarding a final financial remedy order made in May 2021 (the 2021 order) by Recorder Anderson. This included an application by H for a further lump sum

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