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https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/57.html
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The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v LR & Anor [2025] EWFC 271 (B)
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/271?query=2025+ewfc+271+%28B%29
A Mother v A Father (Re Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 63
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https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/63.html
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SP v QR [2024] EWFC 57 (B)
Judgment date: 12 March 2024
https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/57.html
HHJ Hess. Schedule 1 application with a ‘more modest’ asset base regarding residence in a property subject to a mortgage and ‘top-up’ maintenance for a disabled child.
Background
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