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Legal Services Payment Orders

Living under an LSPO

Living under an LSPO

Commentary on legal services payment orders (LSPOs) often concerns their effect on those required to fund them. That is not hard to understand. The (usually) substantial payment to an opposing firm to fund work perceived as contrary to the payer’s interest is never an enjoyable experience, however important a

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2023] EWFC 50

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/50 Sir Jonathan Cohen. The latest and, one hopes, final episode in a legal saga involving financial remedy, jurisdiction and children litigation spaning 60 hearings between Russia and England, in which H alone had sought counsel and legal advice from 7 firms of

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/30.html Mostyn J. Comprehensive survey of law on anonymisation of judgments; [74]–[142]. Correct question is 'Why is it in the public interest that the parties should be anonymous?' rather than 'Why is it in the public

MG v GM [2022] EWFC 8

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/8.html MPS and LSPO application by W in a case described by Peel J as 'a battle royale' ([3]). Each party denied holding liquid assets, and asserted the other had access to significant wealth. Peel J decided that

CW v CH (MFPA 1984 Part III: Interim Applications) [2022] EWFC B1

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2022/B1.html Rec. Allen Wife’s application under MFPA 1984 Part III for interim periodical payments and a costs allowance for legal fees. Dispute as to whether W had valid claim, to be addressed at substantive hearing, did not preclude interim

SJ v RA [2014] EWHC 4054 (Fam)

http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2014/4054.html

LM v DM [2021] EWFC 28

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2021/28.html