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Wells Sharing: Commonplace or a Matter of Last Resort?

Wells Sharing: Commonplace or a Matter of Last Resort?

The importance of the ‘clean break’ has been reemphasised in recent years with greater emphasis being placed on MCA 1973 s 25A (and s 28(1A)), particularly in the judgments of Mostyn J. For example, in Quan v Bray & Ors [2019] 1 FLR 1114, having referred at [48] to
Nicholas Allen KC 08 Nov 2024
Where there’s a Wells there’s a Way

Where there’s a Wells there’s a Way

The 2018 Court of Appeal judgments in Versteegh v Versteegh [2018] EWCA Civ 1050 and Martin v Martin [2018] EWCA Civ 2866 appeared to signal that Wells sharing was falling out of favour. More recently, however, judges seem more open to it, perhaps reflecting the economic turbulence of recent years.
Anna Roiser, Richard Kershaw 01 Jul 2024

SS v ES [2023] EWFC 177

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/177 Sir Jonathan Cohen. W’s application for financial remedy which included aspects of pre-marital property, post-separation accrual and Wells sharing. The parties married in 2005 with no pre-matrimonial cohabitation. They had three children aged between 12 and 16 who attend private school.
Isabella Thomas-Kelly 05 Mar 2024
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