FRJ stage

Conduct

Williams v Williams [2023] EWHC 3098 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/3098.html Moor J. Refusal of a Hadkinson order during substantive proceedings. LSPO granted for proceedings and for overseas litigation. Background H is exceptionally wealthy with assets held overseas of more than £1bn. W applied for a Hadkinson order for H’

MS v FS (No. 3) [2023] EWFC 245 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/245 DDJ Mehta. This was a final hearing in a financial remedy application by H where arguments surrounding jurisdiction following remarriage, and conduct, were raised. The parties were 53 (H) and 43 (W) years old. They were married for eight years. The

Wife v Husband [2023] EWFC 273 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/273.html DJ Masters. Small money case heard by a district judge. Final hearing where H dissipated inheritance received during the marriage. Facts H (49) and W (55). The parties had one son (20). Tragically, the judgment records that the stress

WC v HC [2022] EWFC 40

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/40 Peel J: costs awarded in needs case reducing substantive award. In the substantive proceedings, Peel J awarded W £7.45m on a needs basis. H applied for an order for costs (£310k), whilst W proposed no order. H rejected W’s proposal.

PF v QF [2024] EWFC 10 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/10 HHJ Reardon. Application to strike out W’s FR claim resulting from her bigamy (ex turpi causa). Background At the time of the parties’ marriage in Bangladesh in December 2001, W was not yet divorced from her first husband. The parties

JN v GN [2023] EWFC 244

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/244.html DJ Hatvany. The parties were married for 23 years, having separated in 2013. W was 60 and H was 62. They had one adult child. W continued to reside in the family home following separation. H was cohabiting with

O v O [2023] EWFC 161

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/161.html Recorder Laura Moys. 41-page decision following a three-day final hearing. H is a litigant in person. The parties’ relationship lasted 18 years and the marriage for 16 years. There are two children of the marriage (ages 17 and 12)