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Butler v Butler [2023] EWHC 2453 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/2453 Moor J. Does judge have to satisfy both parties’ needs in a needs case? Appeal in modest asset case where first instance order did not meet W’s needs. H (64) and W (53). 6 year marriage; after this in name

LT v ZU [2023] EWFC 179

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/179.html HHJ Evans-Gordon. Substantive hearing following the father challenging an application by the mother to convert an arbitral award into an order of the court. See earlier decision in LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206. The award made pursuant to

LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/206 Application by the father challenging an arbitral award concerning provision for the parties’ two children pursuant to Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. The challenge was on two general grounds: (1) the arbitrator had no power to require the father to

Where Property, Insolvency and Estate Administration Law Collide

Where Property, Insolvency and Estate Administration Law Collide

I had a hearing last week, acting for a court-appointed administrator of a deceased’s estate, that raised some interesting and unusual points of property, insolvency and estate administration law. Since it is unlikely to be reported, being an extempore judgment from a Deputy Master, I thought it might be

GA v EL [2023] EWFC 187

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/187.html Peel J. Daniels v Walker application made by the Wife ('W') at a Pre-Trial Review in financial remedy proceedings. Background * The parties married in 2007 and separated in November 2019. They are in their early 50s and

Renée v Galbraith-Marten [2023] EWFC 141

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/141 Cobb J. Effect of James v Seymour [2023] EWHC 844 (Fam) – summary here – on top-up child maintenance previously agreed in Sch 1 proceedings. A long-running case, in which there is are previous reported judgments at [2016] EWHC 1964 (as MG v FG)