HA v EN [2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam)
The Hon. Richard Todd KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Court varies Xydhias agreement, imposing significant contingent reduction in maintenance following change in circumstances.
Xydhias
H v W (Xydhias Agreements) [2025] EWFC 163 (B)
District Judge Field. W's application that H should show cause as to why a final order in their financial remedy proceedings should not be made to reflect a concluded agreement alleged to have been made in correspondence, subject to matters of implementation and court approval.
THR v WAT [2025] EWHC 1125 (Fam)
Judgment date: 17 March 2025
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/1125
HHJ Hess (sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court) navigated his way through an Xydhias puzzle. Parties informed the judge they were Xydhias-bound but then argued over (i) a £2m asset, (ii) costs, (iii)
Xydhias, 25 Years On – What Exactly IS a Xydhias Agreement?
Practitioners will be familiar with the oft quoted phrase that ‘the court is not a rubber stamp’ (Kelley v Corston [1998] 1 FLR 986). The court must continue to exercise its discretion under s 25 MCA 1973 even when presented with an agreement between parties. The court will scrutinise the