During these troubled times, when a reliable crystal ball would be helpful, the case of OC v AG [2020] EWFC 52 in which judgement was handed down on the 29th of July 2020, is of interest. The Facts The facts related to cross-applications by the Husband (OG) and the Wife (AG) in respect of financial … Continue reading →

The purpose of this article is to (a) review the guidance set out by the Court of Appeal in the case of Imerman v Tchenguiz and others; Imerman v Imerman [2011] 1 All ER 555 which was heard on the 10th to 12 of May 2010, judgement being handed down on the 29th of July … Continue reading →

The purpose of this article is to provide a brief update to my previous article dealing with pensions and pension offsetting.  It will be recalled that my previous article dealt in particular with the case of WS v WS [2015] EWHC 3941 (Fam) and the fact that the Duxbury calculations were used to ascertain future … Continue reading →

The scope of this article is to give a simplified overview of the issue of costs in respect of financial remedy proceedings. The starting point is to be found in rule 28.3 of the Financial Procedure Rules 2010 (“FPR”). As a general rule, in terms of FPR 28.3(5) and subject to FPR 28.3(6), in financial … Continue reading →

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the Court’s approach to pensions in financial remedy proceedings generally and revisit specific issues such as pension off-setting and Duxbury calculations raised in my previous article published in July 2016 under the title, “Financial Remedy: Pension Values and Offsetting – Quo Vadimus”. PENSION OVERVIEW … Continue reading →

The purpose of this article is to explore in the context of Financial Remedy, the extent to which the law has evolved, if at all, since the case of Xydhias v Xydhias [1999] 2 All ER 386 especially in relation to the rather vexed question of whether the parties have entered into a concluded agreement, … Continue reading →

The issue of setting aside a Consent Order in the context of non-disclosure was revisited in the recent case of Norman v Norman [2017] EWCA 120. The case, heard by the Court of Appeal on the 19th of January 2017, with Lady Justice King delivering the approved judgement, was an application for permission to appeal … Continue reading →

The purpose of this article is to consider in the context of Financial Remedy, the issue of pension values and offsetting, especially in light of the case law and in particular, the case of WS v WS [2015] EWHC 3941 (Fam), [2016] Fam Law 564. The facts in WS v WS were briefly, that the … Continue reading →