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Polly Morgan | Case Editor

Polly Morgan | Case Editor

Polly Morgan is the sole author of the textbook Morgan's Family Law (2nd edn, Oxford University Press 2024) as well as the author of a number of Law...

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Simon v Simon & Level (Joinder) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 29

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/29.html Nicholas Cusworth QC. Convoluted procedural history in which a consent order was sealed by the court without knowledge of other relevant applications, and W received no liquid capital capable of being used to repay her litigation funder. Funder therefore

Enal v Singh & Ors (Trinidad and Tobago) [2022] UKPC 13

https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/2022/13.html Lords Briggs, Kitchin and Hamblen, Lady Rose, and Sir Nicholas Patten. On appeal to the Privy Council from the CA of Trinidad and Tobago. Mr Maharaj, the father of R and S, paid for a parcel of commercial properties which

ND v LD (Financial Remedy: Needs) [2022] EWFC B15

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2022/B15.html DDJ Arshad. Rare reported DDJ decision in modest asset case. Discusses special measures (including some rather unusual) taken before and during hearing in light of H’s mental health and (notwithstanding his capacity) suicidal ideation. Both parties’ housing needs

Baker v Baker [2022] EWFC 15

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/15.html Mostyn J. Application by W for maintenance pending suit following Rattan v Kuwad [2021] EWCA Civ 1. Held, court entitled to make assumptions about H’s ability to pay in face of ‘lamentable’ disclosure. Declines to allow W to

BT v CU [2021] EWFC 87

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2021/87.html H’s application to set aside financial remedy order on basis that the downturn in his company’s value during the covid-19 pandemic constituted a Barder event (Barder v Barder [1988] AC 20). In order to succeed, H had

Loggie v Loggie [2022] EWFC 2

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/2.html Mostyn J. Wife’s application for husband to indemnify her in relation to unexpectedly high fees of SJE in long-running financial remedy proceedings. This indemnity had been agreed in the earlier proceedings but not incorporated into the final order.

P v Q (Financial Remedies) [2022] EWFC B9 (10 February 2022)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2022/B9.html HHJ Hess. Financial remedy proceedings in which parties’ respective parents had provided them with funds to enhance their lifestyle, which court held to be soft loans rather than gifts. Discussion of importance of determining whether hard/soft; gives some