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When Are Pensions Too Small to Worry About?

When Are Pensions Too Small to Worry About?

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/2453.html First of all, may I observe that the Family Court seems to be publishing more judgments in small money cases. I commend this approach. As a single joint expert, I was often instructed in smaller money cases, and 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

AP v BP & Ors (financial remedies – appeal – disclosure – privilege) [2023] EWFC 169

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/169 HHJ Vincent. The facts are as stated in this summary. On the husband’s discovery of the wife’s agreement with the intervenors he sought disclosure of the first agreement. W and the intervenors asserted that it was subject to privilege as

AP v BP & Ors (financial remedies & s 37 application to set aside disposition) [2023] EWFC 170

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/170.html HHJ Vincent. Application by H to set aside dispositions by W of shares to intervenors. Facts H (58) and W (48) married in August 2002 and separated in May 2017. The assets comprised a modest amount of equity in

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

On 31 October and 1 November 2023 the UK Supreme Court will be hearing the former husband’s appeal in the case of Potanin and Potanina. The appeal will consider in what circumstances it is appropriate for the English family court to allow a former spouse to make an application

Graeme Fraser’s A–Z of Cohabitation

Graeme Fraser’s A–Z of Cohabitation

Graeme Fraser needs no introduction in the cohabitation world. Here’s his A-Z of Cohabitation… A is for Agreement A cohabitation agreement is a written, signed document, often signed as a deed in front of witnesses which deals with who owns (and owes) what at the time of the agreement