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Overseas Divorce and the 1984 Act

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

Important Part III Case in Supreme Court

On 31 October and 1 November 2023 the UK Supreme Court will be hearing the former husband’s appeal in the case of Potanin and Potanina. The appeal will consider in what circumstances it is appropriate for the English family court to allow a former spouse to make an application

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

Hasan, Statutory Construction, and the Barder Conundrum

Hasan, Statutory Construction, and the Barder Conundrum

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0159.html By now there will be plenty of material online summarising the decision in Hasan and proffering some commentary. I appeared as junior counsel for the Respondents in the appeal (led by Andrzej Bojarski and Tim Amos KC, instructed by Expatriate Law). The Appellants

Unger and another (in substitution for Hasan) (Appellants) v Ul-Hasan (deceased) and another (Respondents) [2023] UKSC 22

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0159.html Judges: Lord Hodge (Deputy President), Lord Hamblen, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows, Lord Stephens. Also on National Archives: https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/uksc/2023/22. Summary The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed the appeal brought by the wife, Nafisa Hasan (‘the Wife’), against

The Death of a Financial Remedy Claim: the Supreme Court Decision

The Death of a Financial Remedy Claim: the Supreme Court Decision

https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2021-0159.html Michael Horton KC, Greg Williams, and Srishti Suresh are barristers at Coram Chambers and represented the appellants in the Hasan appeal, instructed by Jeremy Abraham and Anna Shadbolt at Dawson Cornwell.. Supreme Court decision The Supreme Court today handed down judgment in Unger

Hasan v Ul-Hasan (Deceased) & Anor [2021] EWHC 1791 (Fam)

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/1791.html Mostyn J. Does an unadjudicated claim by a wife under Part III Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 survive the death of the husband and thus be continued against his estate? This is the first instance judgment including certification

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