- Mostyn J considered whether FPR r. 9.9A allows a set aside application to be made relying on facts which do not satisfy the terms of the traditional grounds. Case note, 27/11/2020, free
- Gwynneth Knowles J considered the application of the slip rule where a court order made in 2017 had referred incorrectly in one paragraph to the ‘applicant’ instead of to the ‘respondent’. The order had consequently erroneously set out that the husband was to stop paying periodical payments to the wife upon his own remarriage, rather than upon the remarriage of the wife. Case note, 19/11/2020, free
- MacDonald J heard an appeal against an order which prohibited the barrister who was acting for the father in Children Act proceedings from accepting further instructions in those proceedings. Case note, 23/10/2020, free
- The husband appealed a final financial remedy order made by Cohen J. The sole ground of appeal was that the judge failed to assess or take into account the husband’s needs, and only considered the wife’s needs. Case note, 20/10/2020, free
- Cohen J considered an application by a husband for financial remedies from his wife, who was a beneficiary of several trusts. Case note, 20/10/2020, free
- Mostyn J considered what should be done when an order is made on a fundamentally false and mistaken basis. Case note, 24/09/2020, free
- On 14 August 2020, Gwynneth Knowles J (“the judge”) gave a judgment in the long-running case of Akhmedova v Akhmedov. The scale of the litigation was large and there were 10 respondents to the applications made by Tatiana Akhmedova (“W”), as well as 10 respondents to committal applications made by W. Case note, 10/09/2020, free
- The Court of Appeal considered whether a wife’s professional negligence claim against the solicitors who acted for her in her financial remedy proceedings was time-barred under s. 2 of the Limitation Act 1980. Case note, 28/08/2020, free
- Roberts J considered a claim by a former wife for a financial remedy order in respect of the parties’ disabled daughter, in circumstances where the financial consequences of the parties’ divorce had already been regulated by a consent order in 2016. Case note, 28/08/2020, free
- Mostyn J emphasised the importance not only of complying with disclosure obligations, but also of negotiating reasonably on an open basis once the financial landscape of a case is clear. Case note, 28/08/2020, free
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