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Vince v Vince [2024] EWFC 389

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/389 Cusworth J. A long marriage with substantial wealth, held mostly in H’s green energy business. Questions of how to treat political donations; attributing value to pre- and post-marital business efforts; and discounting the value of a business already sold. Ultimately, W

AF v GF [2024] EWHC 3478 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/3478 Mr Geoffrey Kingscote KC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). Useful analysis of business matrimonialisation and quantification of assets, including the valuation of pre-marital business interests. The judgment clearly covers the two-stage exercise in Charman v Charman [2007] EWCA Civ

HKW v CRH [2024] EWFC 358 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/358 DDJ Rose. Final hearing in modest asset case. Court making findings on the validity of H’s purported loans/gifts to the parties’ children. Consideration of the Kimber factors concerning point of cohabitation. Facts The parties married in 2007. The date

DH v RH (No 4) (Costs) [2024] EWFC 114

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/114 MacDonald J. Costs judgment following hearing in contentious case involving costs amounting to 23% of the assets. For previous judgments in this case, see below. By the time of this hearing, the costs amounted to £1m for H and £1.9m for

DH v RH (No 3) (Final Hearing) [2024] EWFC 79

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/79 MacDonald J. Final hearing in contentious case involving high legal costs and allegations of wanton dissipation. W was aged 55 and H 58. Married July 1995. Two children aged 18 and 16 respectively. The parties had lived in London but at the

When Is an Add-Back Not an Add-Back?

When Is an Add-Back Not an Add-Back?

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/244.html So-called ‘small money’ cases have historically been rarely published. However, the President’s Confidence and Confidentiality: Transparency in the Family Courts Report of 29 October 2021, in which he asked all judges to publish at least 10% of their

O v O [2023] EWFC 161

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/161.html Recorder Laura Moys. 41-page decision following a three-day final hearing. H is a litigant in person. The parties’ relationship lasted 18 years and the marriage for 16 years. There are two children of the marriage (ages 17 and 12)