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Alexandra Hampton | Assistant Case Editor

Alex is a junior barrister at Queen Elizabeth Building. She is building a practice across the full spectrum of private family law, with a particular f...

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Traharne v Limb [2022] EWFC 27

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/27.html Cohen J. Final hearing in W’s financial remedies application in which argument centred on a post-nuptial agreement (PNA) entered into by the parties shortly prior to separation. W argued that she had been subjected to coercive and controlling

WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreement) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 22

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/22.html Peel J. W’s financial remedy application resulted in a needs-based award of £7.45m net (c.60%). H was from a very wealthy family, and the parties’ lifestyle had been funded by H’s father via annual gifts

Re A (Schedule 1, Overspend, Costs Clawback) [2022] EWFC 21

Editor's note: this judgment has been removed from Bailii, possibly because of concerns about jigsaw identification. Recorder Chandler QC. Schedule 1 proceedings in which M sought that F clear all her liabilities and provide additional periodical payments above the agreed £8,000 pcm for the costs of a

E v B (Interim Maintenance Inaccurate Time Estimate) [2021] EWFC B90

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/90.html Recorder Chandler. W’s application for interim maintenance and costs allowance in proceedings under Part III. Robust assumptions were made about H’s ability to pay, and W was awarded £3,000 pcm interim maintenance. W’s application for

MG v GM [2022] EWFC 8

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/8.html MPS and LSPO application by W in a case described by Peel J as 'a battle royale' ([3]). Each party denied holding liquid assets, and asserted the other had access to significant wealth. Peel J decided that

MG v AR [2021] EWHC 3133 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/3063.html Mostyn J. In the first reported judgment on security for costs since the advent of the FPR, Mostyn J gives a helpful review of the applicable principles in family cases. Unlike in civil case law, he considers that the