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Henry Pritchard

Henry Pritchard

Henry Pritchard is a family law barrister at 1 Hare Court, specialising in financial remedy cases.

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The Summary of the Summaries (Winter 2023)

The Summary of the Summaries (Winter 2023)

Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) (Mostyn J) W’s appeal of a judgment, which had seen her held to a Xydhias agreement, was allowed on the basis that the first instance judge had not properly considered how W’s housing needs and debts could be met, nor that

The Summary of the Summaries (Summer 2023)

The Summary of the Summaries (Summer 2023)

HD v WB [2023] EWFC 2 (Peel J) Pre-nuptial agreement challenged by husband on the basis that he did not understand its implications and that it would not meet his needs. Husband was successful on this second contention. He received a needs-based award, albeit only 4% of overall liquid assets.

The Summary of the Summaries (Spring 2023)

The Summary of the Summaries (Spring 2023)

We have summarised the following cases on the Financial Remedies Journal website since the last issue went to press, and now present these as a summary of summaries. Visit the ‘Cases’ tab on the website to search a compendious back catalogue of financial remedies cases via their keywords. A v

Announcement: Financial Remedies Practice 2023/24

Announcement: Financial Remedies Practice 2023/24

The authors are presently writing the 2023/24 edition, which is expected to be published by Class Publishing in April 2023. They have decided that the section of the Commentary on Part 27 concerning the applicability of the open justice principle to financial remedy proceedings (presently at §§27.89–27.

Cazalet v Abu-Zalaf [2022] EWFC 119

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/119 Mostyn J. W’s application for (i) the recission of decree nisi, (ii) the dismissal of the underlying divorce petition and (iii) the set aside of the financial order made subsequent to that. The parties had been the subject of Mostyn J’

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up: May to October 2022

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up: May to October 2022

Welcome to this round-up of developments since the second issue of the Financial Remedies Journal (FRJ) went to press in April 2022. All (yes, all) cases involving the financial consequences of married or unmarried relationship breakdown, or the maintenance of children, are summarised on the FRJ website[[1]] by an

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up: February to April 2022

Financial Remedies Case Round-Up: February to April 2022

From the Chair of the Editorial Board ‘The Mostyn’ award for this issue: WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) (Rev 1) [2022] EWFC 22. In our first issue, I indicated that the main aim of this Case Round-Up would be to feature a concise summary of judgments from all levels