Y v Z [2025] EWFC 221

Financial family law, as a sector, seems unsure whether domestic abuse and coercive control fall within the statutory ambit of conduct which it would be inequitable to disregard. This article aims to address the question: is the problem with us, the sector, or is it the law?

Cusworth J. Case management decision allowing the wife to amend her position to formally plead conduct under s 25(2)(g).

Mr Justin Warshaw KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Final hearing in a financial remedies matter, dealing with issues of interim provision, non-disclosure, conduct and post-separation accrual.