Valuations

GO v YA [2024] EWFC 411

Judgment date: 13 December 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/411 HHJ Hess sitting as Deputy High Court Judge. Discussion of valuing art and H’s art business, the difficulties of valuing large collections of art, and problems that can arise when experts are not cross-examined at final

Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 389

Judgment date: 20 December 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/389 Cusworth J. A long marriage with substantial wealth, held mostly in H’s green energy business. Questions of how to treat political donations; attributing value to pre- and post-marital business efforts; and discounting the value of a

WX v HX [2023] EWFC 279 (B)

Judgment date: 21 December 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/279 Mr Recorder Day’s judgment in a case involving complex procedural history, intervenors, non-disclosure and a ‘fragile’ business valuation. Of note is Recorder Day’s inclusion of his earlier decision to refuse a Hadkinson order. Recorder

WW v XX [2024] EWFC 330 (B)

Judgment date: 11 October 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/330 HHJ Hess. Final hearing involving valuation and matrimonial nature of business. Husband (52) and Wife (38) cohabited from 2010, married in September 2017 and separated in Spring 2022. The length of marriage was therefore 11.5

Money Corner: EBITDA – The Valuer’s Measure of Profit

Money Corner: EBITDA – The Valuer’s Measure of Profit

It is often said that ‘valuation is an art, not a science’. Whilst it is undoubtedly true that value is in the eye of the beholder the reference to art rather than science should not be taken as meaning there are not right and wrong ways to approach the valuation

ED v OF [2024] EWFC 297

Judgment date: 09 September 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/297 Cusworth J. Financial remedy proceedings relating to the valuation and division of a high-value music catalogue as a key matrimonial asset. Background H and W were married for 16 years and had two children. H was a