FRJ stage

Housing Need

BC v SC [2023] EWFC 307 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/307 DDJ Holmes-Milner. FR decision at DDJ level. Consideration of treatment of critical illness payout for H’s cancer. H is a chartered accountant aged 46 and W a teacher aged 47. Two children, one an adult and one living with W

Your House, My Mortgage: The Decision in Re A and B

Your House, My Mortgage: The Decision in Re A and B

Can the Family Court order a party to take out and pay a mortgage in order to meet the other party’s housing needs? This is my framing of the question raised by the appeal in Re A and B (Schedule 1: Arbitral Award: Appeal) [2024] EWHC 778 (Fam). Cobb

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2024] EWCA Civ 84

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2024/84.html King, Bean and Moylan LJJ. Epic saga of litigation concludes with the Court of Appeal substituting a final order made in Part III proceedings. Background On 17 May 2023 Sir Jonathan Cohen made final orders disposing of W’s

D v D [2024] EWFC 76

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/76 HHJ Booth, sitting as a judge of the High Court: 25:75 division in favour of H following breakdown of second marriage and H’s substantial assets. Court considered W’s needs should be generously interpreted to overcome lack of SJE evidence

A Mother v A Father (Re Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 63

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2024/63.html HHJ Vincent. Schedule 1 matter determined in light of the child’s needs and the strict remit of Schedule 1, notwithstanding the significant disparity between the parents’ respective economic positions and standards of living. Background The applicant M and

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

BL v OR [2023] EWFC 229 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/229.html Sir Jonathan Cohen. Final hearing involving a prenuptial agreement in circumstances where W had transferred her property, which amounted to W parting with the bulk of her assets. H was a wealthy man, and it was important to him