FRJ stage

Cases

MB v CD [2024] EWHC 751 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/751 Judd J. This case concerned an application by the mother for a legal services payment order (LSPO) in respect of both financial remedy and Children Act 1989 proceedings. The mother sought an LSPO amounting to £143,499 excluding this day’s

XY v XX [2024] EWFC 387 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/387 HHJ Hess. Application brought by H to set aside on the basis of a ‘mutual mistake’ of the parties which presented the court with inaccurate computational figures. The 2023 proceedings Proceedings concluded on 21 July 2023 when HHJ Hess (‘the judge’

T v B [2024] EWHC 3251 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/3251 Trowell J. Application by the wife to continue a Hemain injunction made at short notice against the husband. H applied to set aside the injunction made. Trowell J, examining the facts of this case in the context of the law and

SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC 7

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/7 Nicholas Allen KC sitting as a deputy High Court judge. Facts Application for a legal services payment order within high net worth financial remedy proceedings. W’s LSPO application was for H to meet the costs of £241,269 in unpaid invoices

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

HA v EN [2025] EWHC 48 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2025/48 Deputy High Court Judge Richard Todd KC. Application by W for maintenance pending suit (MPS) and a legal services payment order (LSPO) in protracted financial remedy proceedings. Background W, aged 40 and born in Russia, had been a British citizen since

WX v HX [2023] EWFC 279 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/279 Mr Recorder Day’s judgment in a case involving complex procedural history, intervenors, non-disclosure and a ‘fragile’ business valuation. Of note is Recorder Day’s inclusion of his earlier decision to refuse a Hadkinson order. Recorder Day determined that debarring a