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- Application by wife for a Hadkinson order preventing the husband from pursuing an appeal that is awaiting determination on the basis that he is in contempt of court for having failed to comply with orders for maintenance pending suit, costs and a legal services payment order. Application granted. Judgment, 01/10/2018, free
- The International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance 2007) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 News, 14/09/2018, free
- Husband's appeal against orders enforcing periodical payments orders was dismissed although his appeal against the amount of a lump sum order was allowed, the lump sum being reduced by CSA payments he had already made. Judgment, 28/08/2018, free
- News set out in letter from minister to the Law Commission in response to their 2016 report News, 16/08/2018, free
- In this case which was described as 'a classic example of lawyers rushing off to the High Court at the first sign of complexity' Mr Justice Mostyn has confirmed that enforcement proceedings following the grant of a charging order should be heard in the family court, not the High Court. He concluded that the family court must be recognised as the sole forum for resolution of all family cases save for those specified in the Schedule to the President's Guidance. Judgment, 14/05/2018, free
- The wife was seeking to enforce financial provision orders totalling over £450million in a case where the husband had taken elaborate steps to conceal his wealth and evade enforcement of the judgment. Judgment, 24/04/2018, free
- Judgment in long running financial remedy proceedings concerning primarily whether funds previously frozen should be liquidated by the receiver to pay for arrears of maintenance and legal costs totalling c£196k. Mostyn J made an order freezing £300k to cover any further “futile waste of costs” by the father pending liquidation. Judgment, 13/03/2018, free
- Comment and tips adapted from the Standard Family Orders Handbook News, 22/01/2018, free
- In a tweet: F awarded compensation where custody battle led to breach of human rights. Summary: The father (“F”) sought enforcement of a return order in the Slovakian courts. The district court had found that the order was not enforceable because it had not specified that it was directed at the mother (“M”). F lodged a constitutional complaint challenging various decisions and the original decisions were quashed. But on a rehearing, the district court came to the same conclusion. Following further constitutional proceedings (which agreed that F’s rights had been violated), F successfully complained to the ECtHR that the Slovakian enforcement courts had failed to secure respect for his family life. Judgment, 19/01/2018, free
- In these long running and costly financial provision proceedings, the husband's appeal against an interim order pending appeal which refused to discharge the receiver was dismissed. Judgment, 20/12/2017, free