FRJ stage

Cases

Maintenance Pending Suit Enforcement

Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 45

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/45 Mostyn J. W’s application for enforcement of interim maintenance order (maintenance decision summarised here). H had negligently failed to pay wages of staff at the parties’ house in Antibes, such payments being part of the interim order. While court did not

Freezing Injunctions Costs

J v H [2022] EWFC 133

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/133 Peel J. H’s application for a freezing injunction. Reference to Mostyn J’s guidance from UL v BK and the importance of compliance with the pre-requisites set out in that case. H’s initial application was essentially without notice as short,

Agreements Pensions on Divorce Needs

CMX v EJX (French Marriage Contract) [2020] EWFC 136

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/136 Moor J. The Husband (‘H’) was a 56 year old French national and Chairman of Industrial Investment Banking at bank. The Wife (‘W’) was French/Lebanese/British, 54 years old and had a successful career in the bottled water industry. They lived

Jurisdiction Forum Disputes Forum

Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2022] EWFC 70

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/70.html Moor J. A case involving complex jurisdiction arguments, habitual residence, international marital agreements and underlying assets worth over £200m. Husband (‘H’) was 70 years old and a Norwegian national. The Wife (‘W’) was 50 years old, born in Turkmenistan

Foreign Assets Disclosure Jurisdiction Conduct Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and Their Recognition

XO v YO & Anor [2022] EWFC 114

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/114.html HHJ Hess. Financial remedies decision concerning whether English court had jurisdiction to determine a claim in respect of immovable property situated outside England where the claim is based on equity; and can adverse inferences be drawn from a party’

Trusts

HA v WA v BV [2022] EWFC 110

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/110 Sir Jonathan Cohen. Issue between the parties in relation to beneficial ownership of a property held in the W’s sole name. H’s case was that the property belonged legally and beneficially to the W, where the W’s case was

Repudiation Agreements Jurisdiction Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act

Pierburg v Pierburg [2022] EWHC 2701 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2701.html Facts Moor J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application made by Clarissa Gisela Pierburg (‘W’) for financial provision after an overseas divorce pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984. The respondent was Jurgen Pierburg