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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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KS v VS [2024] EWHC 278 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/278 Arbuthnot J. Costs judgment following a ruling in favour of the H on his application for a stay of divorce and financial remedy proceedings in this jurisdiction in favour of proceedings in Monaco. Arbuthnot J considers whether the Guide to the

Seales v Seales (Ancillary Relief: Murder and Coercive Control as Conduct) [2023] NIMaster 6

https://www.bailii.org/nie/cases/NIHC/Master/2023/6.html Master Bell. NB: a judgment from the High Court in Northern Ireland. Ancillary relief application in which the W was seeking to run a ‘conduct case’ based, in part, on the H’s conviction for murder. The H attempted

Barclay v Barclay [2023] EWFC 164

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/164.html Sir Jonathan Cohen. This was the fifteenth hearing arising out of the W’s three judgment summonses for the payment of £50m, £185k and £60k. The H had been ordered to pay the W £100m in two instalments which

Simon v (1) Simon (2) Integro Funding Limited (‘Level’) [2023] EWCA Civ 1048

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2023/1048 King LJ, Moylan LJ and Popplewell LJ. Appeal concerning the role of a litigation lender in financial remedy proceedings. Previous hearing summarised here. The parties had entered into a consent order in 2021 which effectively deprived Level, a litigation funder, of

McLean v Mclean & Ors [2023] EWHC 1735 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/1735 Roberts J. An appeal of a final order by the H and five companies of which the H was the sole or majority shareholder following a final hearing conducted in their absence. Includes consideration of materially deficient disclosure from the H

SS v IS [2023] EWHC 1544 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/1544 Roberts J. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings with issues around spousal maintenance, offshore trusts and non-matrimonial assets. Background The parties met as students in 2003 in Russia and married in 2004. They had essentially no assets at the time of

Augousti v Matharu [2023] EWHC 1900 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/1900 Mostyn J. Decision on permission to appeal on grounds which were considered to be totally without merit and applications for reporting restriction order. H advanced 21 grounds of appeal and made an application to adduce fresh evidence in respect of a