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DSD v MJW (Costs of MPS) [2025] EWFC 119 (B)

Judgment date: 24 April 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/119 DDJ David Hodson. Proportionality and maintenance pending suit (MPS), a cautionary tale. In this case the DDJ concluded that the game was very much not worth the candle, and the application turned out to be very

Managing a case - Contested

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FRC Lead Judges - May 2025

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Judicial Immunity: an Update

Judicial Immunity: an Update

Overview A decision in Australia in August 2023 held that a family court judge at first instance had no judicial immunity when taking a decision outside his power and distinctive family court jurisdiction and was liable in damages to one of the parties. I wrote an extensive article and commentary

VTY v GDB [2025] EWFC 110 (B)

Judgment date: 24 April 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/110 Recorder Taylor. Final hearing in a financial remedy application which concerned issues of non-disclosure and allegations of asset concealment in different countries. The matter also involved foreign litigation which appeared to undermine the existing proceedings in

GH v IH [2025] EWFC 120 (B)

Judgment date: 10 April 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2025/120 District Judge Hatvany. Final hearing on enforcement and variation of 2012 financial remedy order. The primary issue to be determined was the enforcement and variation of a joint lives periodical payments order made in 2012. The