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Rebekah Batt

Rebekah is a junior barrister at Pump Court Chambers. Rebekah is regularly instructed in private family law proceedings and has a keen interest in fin...

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Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 1298 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/1298 Francis J. Costs judgment in ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage, which started as a show cause application. Case summary here. The parties’ costs of the costs hearing alone totalled almost £50,000. Notwithstanding

KD v SD [2024] EWFC 334 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/334 District Judge Hatvany. Final hearing in a needs case concerning a relatively short marriage where the breadwinner and main financial contributor is now also the primary carer for the children. This case concerned a short marriage of five years with four

Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/740 Francis J. A ‘paradigm case’ of how not to conduct litigation in a short childless marriage. The parties were married for three years and had no children. W’s case was that she has assets of £61.5m, H’s case

V v W [2024] EWFC 111

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/111 Poole J. The issues for determination were: 1. Does this court have jurisdiction to hear dissolution proceedings in relation to a French pacte civil de solidarite, ‘PACS’ (a form of civil partnership)? 2. If so, is the forum conveniens for dissolution proceedings

NA v LA [2024] EWFC 113

Nicholas Allen KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge. A ‘paradigm’ case for the court to exercise its new powers under FPR 3.4 to stay proceedings for the parties to engage in NCDR. The court heard the return date of two orders: (1) an ex parte non-molestation and

The Incorporated Trustees of Great Calling Ministries Worldwide v (1) A Irabor (2) F Irabor [2024] EWHC 803 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/803 Sir Jonathan Cohen. Appeal by an intervener against a final order which included discharging an interim charging order on the FMH made in the intervenor’s favour and a payment of a lump sum which would prevent the recovery of the

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2024] EWCA Civ 100

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2024/100 Bean, King and Moylan LJJ. Costs judgment following the H’s successful appeal – judgment on appeal here, summary of the decision appealed here – during which the court considered applications for costs made by both parties and an LSPO previously made. (Summary