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Stephanie Coker

Stephanie Coker

Stephanie Coker is a barrister at FOURTEEN. She specialises in financial remedies following the breakdown of a relationship (including TOLATA matters)...

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Goodyear v Goodyear (Deceased) [2022] EWFC 96

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/96 HHJ Farquhar. Application by the husband to set aside a pension sharing order (‘PSO’) following the death of the wife. The application was opposed by the executor’s of the wife’s estate. The fundamental issue was whether the death of the

McCloud Remedy – a Ground to Set Aside Financial Orders?

McCloud Remedy – a Ground to Set Aside Financial Orders?

Many will recall the McCloud judgment, in which the Court of Appeal determined that the transitional provisions in the Government’s 2015 public sector pension schemes were age discriminatory. In response to the judgment, the Government agreed to unravel these changes. Last year, the Government announced its solution known as

Villiers v Villiers [2022] EWCA Civ 772

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2022/772.html Moylan LJ, Coulson LJ and Arnold LJ. Appeal concerning an order by Mostyn J dismissing W’s application under s 27 of MCA 1973. Case provides useful content on the interpretation and application of s 27. It was concluded

W v H (Financial Remedies: Pensions) [2021] EWFC 63

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/B63.html Recorder Salter. Modest assets. Case involved pensions, third-party property, excessive litigation costs and jurisdiction of the court to make an order for child maintenance where the care of a child was shared equally between the parties, and thus there

Gallagher v Gallagher (No.1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/52.html Mostyn J. Application for a reporting restriction order ('RRO'), alternatively an anonymity order. Reference to proceedings 'in private' in FPR 27.10 and 27.11 does not impose secrecy as to the facts of the

G v W [2022] EWHC 1101 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2022/1101 Sir Jonathan Cohen. An appeal in Schedule 1 proceedings following Re A (Schedule 1, Overspend, Costs Clawback) ⁠[2022] EWFC 21. Permission was granted to M to appeal the decision to dismiss her claim for additional payments for a nanny, and additional

Lockwood v Greenbaum [2022] EWHC 845 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/845.html Moor J. W applied for permission in this jurisdiction to bring an application pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (‘1984 Act’) for financial provision following a divorce in New Zealand. Permission was refused