FRJ stage

Conduct

Abigail Laura Williams v Andrew John Williams [2024] EWFC 275

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/275 Final order of Moor J in financial remedy proceedings involving a husband who had continually breached court orders, failed to attend hearings, and provided unreliable and ‘demonstrably untrue’ evidence. Background H (56) and W (59) married in 1994 and separated in 2022,

N v J [2024] EWFC 184

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/184 Peel J’s view is that it is unlikely that domestic abuse would have a material impact on the vast majority of financial remedy cases, such that it would need to be litigated. Peel J uses the case of N v J

Is the Current Approach to ‘Conduct’ in Financial Remedy Proceedings in Need of Reform?

Is the Current Approach to ‘Conduct’ in Financial Remedy Proceedings in Need of Reform?

The significance and role of marital misconduct in proceedings for financial relief on divorce has had a long and varied history in family law. This article explores that history and the evolving significance of conduct within the litigation process and poses the question whether the current approach to conduct under

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

A v R [2024] EWFC 218 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/218 This judgment by DJ Dodsworth examines the legal principles relevant to raising conduct arguments in financial remedy proceedings. Background A (aged 52) and R (aged 56) met in 1993, they began cohabiting in 1996. They subsequently married in 2004. A previously

UD v TQ [2024] EWFC 119 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/119 HHJ Hess. Final hearing in case involving footballer. Application of Moher in light of H’s misconduct and attachment of earnings order made to secure maintenance. W is aged 27, a former television presenter living abroad in her home country, X.

N v J: the Last Word on Domestic Abuse as Conduct?

N v J: the Last Word on Domestic Abuse as Conduct?

N v J [2024] EWFC 184 (15 July 2024) On Monday last week, in N v J, Mr Justice Peel handed down the most recent authority on pleading conduct pursuant to s 25(2)(g) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.[[1]] Those interested in this area have been keen to see