FRJ stage

Appeals

AJ v FJ (Appeal Against Registration) [2024] EWFC 356

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/356 MacDonald J. Summary This matter concerned a successful appeal against the decision of the Maintenance Enforcement Business Centre (MEBC) to register a Polish interim maintenance order obtained by the respondent from the District Court in Jelenia Gora on 15 December 2022. The

V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/380 HHJ Booth. Appeal from a final order in a modest asset case, in which the court was tasked with balancing the needs of a party suffering from a serious disability and the needs of the primary carer of the children of

JL v NN [2024] EWHC 1489

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/1489 Williams J allowed W’s appeal on the basis that the judge failed to explicitly evaluate critical evidence and reach clear conclusions. Williams J confirmed that the burden of proof for fraud and dishonesty in the Financial Remedies Court is subject

Mainwaring v Bailey [2024] EWHC 2614 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/2614 A summary of the substantive appeal decision to which this costs judgment relates can be found here. A blog post discussing litigants in person and the FRC can be found here. Henke J ordered the husband to pay the wife’s

GH v GH [2024] EWHC 2547 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/2547 Peel J. In a narrow but important judgment, Peel J reminds all of the importance of an FDR, allowing an appeal against a decision of the first instance judge to proceed directly to a final hearing. Peel J rejected the judge’

Re RA (Appeal: Validity of a Marriage: Finding of Fact) [2024] EWHC 1144 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2024/1144.html Henke J. Successful appeal of a fact-finding, despite such an appeal being ‘notoriously difficult’. Facts The parties entered into a relationship in 1995. They were Islamically married on 4 August 1999 and a civil ceremony was held at a