- In this case HHJ Hess (‘the judge’) considered an application for the variation of a pension sharing order. Case note, 18/11/2021, free
- H's Barder application to set aside parts of financial order due to the impact of Covid is dismissed. Case note, 12/11/2021, free
- In this case Peel J (‘the judge’) dealt with the final hearing in an application by Caroline Crowther (‘W’) for financial remedies following her divorce from Paul Crowther (‘H’). Case note, 05/11/2021, free
- Twenty-eight divorce petitions were listed before Moor J. They had been referred from District Judge Hardy, the judge who is in charge of the divorce unit at Bury St. Edmunds. Case note, 29/10/2021, free
- In this case the court was concerned with an application under the Hague 1980 Convention in respect of two children (aged 14 ½ and 12). The application had been listed for two days, allowing time for oral evidence. However, Mostyn J (‘the judge’) went beyond simply determining the application for the return two children from the UK to Latvia, adding some guidance on the way in which so-called “outward return” cases under the Convention ought to be handled by the courts procedurally. Case note, 21/10/2021, free
- Cohen J dealt with cross applications for financial remedies in a small money case. Case note, 15/10/2021, free
- In this case Sir Jonathan Cohen (‘the judge’) had to determine the ambit of the applicant wife’s (‘W’) claims for financial remedy orders. Specifically, this concerned whether the English court had jurisdiction to determine W’s maintenance claim, given the effect of Council Regulation (EC) 4/2009 (‘the Maintenance Regulation’). Case note, 07/10/2021, free
- In this case Peel J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application by the wife (‘W’) for interim financial provision, including costs funding. This matter had previously been the subject of a reported decision by the judge who, on that occasion, determined that W had actually been validly divorced in China, meaning that her application under the MCA 1973 must be dismissed and that the only remedy available to her in England was under s.13 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (‘Part III’). Case note, 28/09/2021, free
- The Court of Appeal was concerned with an appeal from a decision of Nicholas Cusworth QC (sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge). By that decision Mr Cusworth QC had determined that the proceedings concerning the parties’ children were subject to the 1996 Hague Child Protection Convention (‘the 1996 Hague Convention’) for the purposes of the lis pendens provisions in article 13. Case note, 10/09/2021, free
- In this case MacDonald J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application for an injunction preventing the father (‘F’) from identifying the child (‘X’) as having been the subject of proceedings before the Family Court and from making derogatory comments in public against the Children’s Guardian (‘Guardian’). Case note, 19/08/2021, free
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