FRJ stage

Jurisdiction

J v A [2023] EWFC 132

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/132.html H’s application for a stay of the English divorce proceedings commenced by W, in favour of his competing Nigerian divorce petition. H’s divorce petition was first in time. The judge found that England is – by a significant

AW v AH [2022] EWFC 195

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/195.html Deputy District Judge Michael Horton QC. The reserved judgment at a final hearing for financial relief under Part III of the 1984 Act. Short marriage of 3 years including cohabitation, one child of the family aged 3.5 living

AR v BR [2023] EWFC 76

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/76.html HHJ Lynn Roberts. Divorce proceedings concerning UK nationals who relocated to Dubai in 2020. W commenced divorce proceedings in England. H did not dispute the divorce, but proceeded to say that he did not agree jurisdiction. H later began

Tousi v Gayukova [2023] EWHC 404 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/404 Mostyn J. Does the court have jurisdiction to transfer a (housing association) tenancy between the parties to an invalid marriage? Do the consequences of invalidity fall to be determined under the law of the country of marriage, or only whether the

Timokhin v Timokhina [2023] EWHC 58 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/58.html Roberts J. Was a decision to stay a Sch 1 application pending conclusion of proceedings in another jurisdiction a substantive or procedural one? The parties were Russian nationals and parents to two children, aged 11 and 18. The children

Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2022] EWFC 70

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/70.html Moor J. A case involving complex jurisdiction arguments, habitual residence, international marital agreements and underlying assets worth over £200m. Husband (‘H’) was 70 years old and a Norwegian national. The Wife (‘W’) was 50 years old, born in Turkmenistan

XO v YO & Anor [2022] EWFC 114

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/114.html HHJ Hess. Financial remedies decision concerning whether English court had jurisdiction to determine a claim in respect of immovable property situated outside England where the claim is based on equity; and can adverse inferences be drawn from a party’