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Administration Of Estates Land Registration Act 2002 Intestacy Adverse Possession

Nazir & Nazir v Begum [2024] EWHC 378 (KB)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/KB/2024/378.html Freedman J. A person is not to be regarded as being in adverse possession of an estate when the estate is subject to a trust: see Schedule 6, paragraph 12, to the Land Registration Act 2002. Does this include

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property Housing Need Spousal Maintenance (Quantum) Interest Experts

D v D [2024] EWFC 76

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/76 HHJ Booth, sitting as a judge of the High Court: 25:75 division in favour of H following breakdown of second marriage and H’s substantial assets. Court considered W’s needs should be generously interpreted to overcome lack of SJE evidence

Foreign Assets Part III Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act

AS v RS [2023] EWFC 283 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/283.html District Judge Troy. Application by W for leave to bring a claim pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (’the MFPA’). Background * This was a six-year marriage with three children. The total pot amounted

Child Maintenance Conduct Costs Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications Case Management

TK v LK [2024] EWFC 71

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/71.html Mr Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Summary Enormously helpful review of Sch 1 authorities re (i) the jurisdiction to make a Schedule 1 award after a clean break in divorce proceedings, (ii) the relevance

Housing Need School Fees Standard Of Living Children Act 1989 Schedule 1 Applications Child Support

A Mother v A Father (Re Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 63

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/63.html HHJ Vincent. Schedule 1 matter determined in light of the child’s needs and the strict remit of Schedule 1, notwithstanding the significant disparity between the parents’ respective economic positions and standards of living. Background The applicant M and

Conduct Committal Applications and Judgment Summonses Costs

Collardeau v Fuchs & Anor [2024] EWHC 642 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/642 Knowles J. Costs in relation to: * dismissal of W’s contempt application against H and Mr Harrison, the owner of a company that provided management services to H and W; * withdrawal by H of his application to debar W’s solicitor

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property Duration of the Marriage Costs

S v S [2023] EWFC 269

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/269.html Background HHJ Booth prefers Moylan LJ’s approach to matrimonial/non-matrimonial property, in which a scientific approach only takes one so far and the court must apply its discretion, over Mostyn J’s more scientific and formulaic approach. Final