FRJ stage

Housing Need

RM v WP [2024] EWFC 191 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/191 HHJ Hess. Modest asset case exploring whether a departure from equality is appropriate where there were four consecutive family homes during the marriage, all of which were acquired by one party prior to the marriage. Facts The parties began cohabiting in

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

V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/380 HHJ Booth. Appeal from a final order in a modest asset case, in which the court was tasked with balancing the needs of a party suffering from a serious disability and the needs of the primary carer of the children of

EC v JC [2024] EWFC 175 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/175.html DJ Hatvany. Final financial remedies hearing in a where the assets were modest. The parties were married for 11 years and had twin boys aged 9. An unfortunate feature of this case was that both parties had incurred large

HW v WB (Financial Remedies; Treatment of Post-nuptial Agreement) [2024] EWFC 328 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/328.html DJ Phillips. Final hearing where the issues concerned whether a post-nuptial agreement was binding on the parties and fair. The parties were married for 9 years and had one child, 10, and, W’s older child, 19, who was

JL v NN [2024] EWHC 1489

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/1489 Williams J allowed W’s appeal on the basis that the judge failed to explicitly evaluate critical evidence and reach clear conclusions. Williams J confirmed that the burden of proof for fraud and dishonesty in the Financial Remedies Court is subject