FRJ stage

Needs

WC v HC [2022] EWFC 40

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/40 Peel J: costs awarded in needs case reducing substantive award. In the substantive proceedings, Peel J awarded W £7.45m on a needs basis. H applied for an order for costs (£310k), whilst W proposed no order. H rejected W’s proposal.

A v B (In the matter of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984) [2023] EWFC 241 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/241.html HHJ Evans-Gordon. MFPA 1984 Part III. Distribution of the proceeds of sale of a property in England following an overseas divorce. Background The parties met in 2000 and began cohabiting in the subject property (‘the property’) sometime between September

VT v LT [2023] EWFC 256 (B)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/256.html DJ Hatvany. A welcome rare report of a low asset case heard by a DJ. How could the court meet the needs of two households from limited assets? The marriage lasted 18 years, and the parties separated in mid-March

A Wife v A Husband [2023] EWFC 200

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/200.html HHJ Willans. Financial remedy application involving a single issue, namely, what were W’s housing needs and how should those needs be funded. There had been a jurisdictional dispute between Italy and England, with H arguing that all matters

AZ v BZ (Financial Remedies Appeal) [2020] EWFC B86

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2020/B86.html HHJ Vincent. Appeal by H of a financial remedy order where on a clean break basis the assets were divided 99/1 in favour of W. The asset pool was modest, mostly made up of equity in a Spanish

Butler v Butler [2023] EWHC 2453 (Fam)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2023/2453 Moor J. Does judge have to satisfy both parties’ needs in a needs case? Appeal in modest asset case where first instance order did not meet W’s needs. H (64) and W (53). 6 year marriage; after this in name

LT v ZU [2023] EWFC 179

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2023/179.html HHJ Evans-Gordon. Substantive hearing following the father challenging an application by the mother to convert an arbitral award into an order of the court. See earlier decision in LT v ZU [2022] EWFC 206. The award made pursuant to