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White v White [2000] UKHL 54, [2000] 2 FLR 981, [2001] 1 AC 596
Judgment date: 26 October 2000
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Collardeau v Fuchs [2025] EWFC 307
Poole J. Enforcement and variation: the court quantified arrears, discharged and capitalised the respondent husband's mortgage undertaking, replaced multiple undertakings with quantified periodical payments, and ordered immediate enforcement where H frustrated a sealed final financial remedy order.
Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055
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