Recent Case Summaries

Continuity is king: CB v EB [2020] EWFC 72 Facts This was an application by CB (‘the husband’) to set aside two consent orders from 2010 and 2013, which was opposed by EB (‘the wife’). The i...

Can you disclose the transcript of an FDR? V v W [2020] EWFC 84 Facts In her suit for divorce, Ms W applied for financial relief. In March 2018, Roberts J made an order for the instruction o...

A slip in time saves dimes: IC v RC [2020] EWHC 2997 (Fam) Facts The appellant husband (‘H’) sought to appeal orders made in respect of his liability to make periodical payments to the responden...

Great (and unrealistic) expectations: Re Z (Schedule 1: Legal Costs Funding Order; Interim Financial Provision) [2020] EWFC 80 Facts This case concerned a mother’s (“M”) application for interim...

How to Qualify ‘Immediate’ in Applications for Maintenance Pending Suit: Rattan v Kuwad [2021] EWCA Civ 1 Facts Amita Rattan (‘W’) and Tushar Kuwad (‘H’) separated in March 2019 following a ten-...

Capitalising child maintenance: AZ v FM (Rev 1) [2021] EWFC 2 Facts This case concerned a husband’s (“H”) appeal against the dismissal of his application for a variation of child maintenance pay...

Litigation on a lee shore: Crowther v Crowther & Ors [2020] EWHC 3555 (Fam) Facts The Husband (‘H’) sought a costs order on the indemnity basis against his Wife (‘W’) in respect of prelimina...

Substantial Connections and Inadequate Provision: AG v VD [2021] EWFC 9 Facts AG ("W") and VD ("H") began cohabiting in 2009 before marrying in Russia in August 2010. W (51) had a daughter, aged...

Maintenance in the time of Corona: R v R [2021] EWHC 195 (Fam) Facts This hearing was one of many hearings in this matter. The judge, Nicholas Cusworth QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge)...

Facts H and W been married for many years, and lived together in England. Shortly after the parties’ separation in April 2017, H moved to Jersey with his new partner. Within 6 weeks of his arriva...