FRJ stage

Costs

Williams v Williams [2023] EWHC 2479 (Fam)

https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/committal-for-contempt-of-court-abigail-laura-williams-v-andrew-john-williams/ Moor J: H held in contempt for failing to comply with orders; sentenced to 56 days’ imprisonment, suspended for 28 days, to allow filing of sworn Form E. Background H is exceptionally wealthy with assets held overseas of more than £1bn. H failed to

SP v QR [2024] EWFC 57 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/57.html HHJ Hess. Schedule 1 application with a ‘more modest’ asset base regarding residence in a property subject to a mortgage and ‘top-up’ maintenance for a disabled child. Background The applicant mother was 37 years old and had paused a

Rough Justice

Rough Justice

Costs cases in family proceedings used to be few and far between, but a recent decision of Arbuthnot J in the case of KS v VS [2024] EWHC 278 (Fam) has caused something of a stir in the profession. In particular it raises the question of how far, if at

Aldoukhi v Abdullah [2023] EWHC 3438 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/3438.html Moor J. Claim for damages in relation to breach of a Part III MFPA 1984 order and TLATA order made in 2021. In 2021 Moor J made orders under Part III MFPA and TLATA proceedings brought by W against

Re Z (No 5) (Enforcement) [2024] EWFC 44

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/44 Cobb J. Enforcement of Schedule 1 Order: freezing order, capitalisation of periodical payments for the benefit of the child, and Hadkinson order made against F who resides in the USA. In March 2023, Cobb J made a substantive Schedule 1 CA 1989

Applications for Leave Under MFPA 1984 Part III: Which Costs Rules Inform (or Govern)?

Applications for Leave Under MFPA 1984 Part III: Which Costs Rules Inform (or Govern)?

What costs rules apply to an application for permission/leave pursuant to the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (‘MFPA 1984’) s 13? This was the discrete question asked – and answered – in AS v RS (Costs: Clean Sheet/General Rule) [2023] EWFC 284 (B) by District Judge Troy (which followed

TYB v CAR (Non-Disclosure) [2023] EWFC 261 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/261.html DDJ Hodson. What does the court do with the non-discloser? Final hearing involving a short marriage with a child almost four. This was a needs case. H admitted earnings of £60,000 pcm, spending at least £35,000 pcm