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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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AP v BP & Ors (financial remedies – appeal – disclosure – privilege) [2023] EWFC 169

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/169 HHJ Vincent. The facts are as stated in this summary. On the husband’s discovery of the wife’s agreement with the intervenors he sought disclosure of the first agreement. W and the intervenors asserted that it was subject to privilege as

WK v GC [2023] EWFC 151

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/151.html HHJ Hess. Approach to quantifying capitalisation of spousal maintenance some years after original order. W aged 60 and had raised three now-adult children. H was 67 and retired from financial role in oil industry. Married 1992, separated 2002, decree

Michael Spencer v Estate of John Spencer (Deceased) & Ors [2023] EWHC 2050 (Ch)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2023/2050 Rajah J. Proprietary estoppel case involving a farm including approach to detriment and remedy post-Guest. Applicant Michael Spencer farmed in partnership with his father, John Spencer, deceased, on land owned by John. John’s Will left all his freehold agricultural land

Hughes v Pritchard and Others [2023] EWHC 1382 (Ch)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2023/1382 HHJ Keyser KC. Propriety estoppel case. Cattle farmer Evan Hughes died leaving three children, the claimant Gareth Hughes, the defendant Carys Richards, and another child, Elfed, whose widow Gwen Hughes was the second defendant. The remaining defendants were Elfed and Gwen’

Koukash v Koukash [2022] EWHC 1001 (Fam)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/1001.html Cohen J. Appeal from decision of HHJ Greensmith on quantification of lump sum, which had been based on privileged FDR documents. The first instance judge had to determine what amount of lump sum was to be paid by H

RL v NL [2023] EWFC 75

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/75.html HHJ Madeleine Reardon KC. Striking out of Husband’s application to set aside a financial remedy order made in 1995. The FR order provided that H was to transfer his interest in FMH to W and thereafter there was