FRJ stage

Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property

IR v OR [2022] EWFC 20

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/20.html Mr Justice Moor. High net worth case, judge found total net assets to be £184.6m. H had spent c.12 years as CEO, and then became Executive Chairman, of his father’s retail company which had been set

Non-Matrimonial Property – Valuing the Family Business

Non-Matrimonial Property – Valuing the Family Business

“Marriage, it is often said, is a partnership of equals. … The parties commit themselves to sharing their lives. They live and work together. When their partnership ends each is entitled to an equal share of the assets of the partnership, unless there is a good reason to the contrary. Fairness

L v L [2021] EWFC B83

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2021/B83.html HHJ Booth. Equal sharing of a combined c.£24m interest in a business acquired from H’s father prior to the 19-year marriage held to apply. H’s shareholding was restructured 3 years prior to separation. The character of