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Setting Aside Orders (Including Barder Applications)

The Potanin Litigation: a Look Ahead

The Potanin Litigation: a Look Ahead

On 31 January 2024 the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Potanin and Potanina [2024] UKSC 3. For a summary of the background to the proceedings and an overview of the judgment please see link. The key dates in the proceedings are as follows: * 8 October 2018:

The Law Is an Ass: Goodbye to the Knock-Out Blow – Potanin v Potanina: the Supreme Court Decision

The Law Is an Ass: Goodbye to the Knock-Out Blow – Potanin v Potanina: the Supreme Court Decision

https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2024/3.html On 31 January 2024 the Supreme Court handed down the much-awaited judgment in Potanin v Potanina [2024] UKSC 3. These proceedings relate to financial claims which can be brought in England for financial provision after an overseas divorce. Although the

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

James v Seymour – Now a Barder Event?

James v Seymour – Now a Barder Event?

Are changes in the law unforeseen and unforeseeable? In S v S (Ancillary Relief: Consent Order) [2002] 1 FLR 992 Bracewell J considered a wife’s application to set aside a consent order made in September 2000. Under the order she received assets of £1.1m and the husband over

BF v LE [2023] EWHC 2009 (Fam) – When Will a Lack of Special Measures Lead to a Judgment Being Set Aside?

BF v LE [2023] EWHC 2009 (Fam) – When Will a Lack of Special Measures Lead to a Judgment Being Set Aside?

https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/2009.html In October 2019, a final order was made by DJ Parry following the conclusion of contested financial remedy proceedings the previous month. The wife applied for leave to appeal the final order and this was refused by HHJ Rowland.

Simon v (1) Simon (2) Integro Funding Limited (‘Level’) [2023] EWCA Civ 1048

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2023/1048 King LJ, Moylan LJ and Popplewell LJ. Appeal concerning the role of a litigation lender in financial remedy proceedings. Previous hearing summarised here. The parties had entered into a consent order in 2021 which effectively deprived Level, a litigation funder, of