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- The wife applied for financial remedies, having had a freezing order granted on some of the husband's funds. The husband had instructed solicitors but failed to engage in proceedings, and after he was found to lack capacity to litigate the Official Solicitor was appointed. Moor J rejected the wife's case for a second home in London, but came to the conclusion that an appropriate budget was £175,000 per year for the rest of her life, making for an overall award of over £7 million. She was also awarded five additional maintenance payments to reflect that she would be kept out of her money for five years. Judgment, 20/05/2019, free
- A financial remedy application made by a husband against his wife, the great-granddaughter of the founder of Avon Products, Inc. The Judge, Mr Justice Mostyn, had to determine if the capital from the family trust was available to the wife and was the pre-nuptial agreement void? He found that the money was available to the wife and that the agreement was invalid. He awarded the husband £1,333,500 to meet his needs. Judgment, 11/04/2019, free
- In financial remedy proceedings, the husband was trying to thwart the wife's claim by asserting that the business and the properties were owned by his mother, in a situation where the true owners had been camouflaged. In virtually every case the actual facts would determine the real ownership of a piece of property, and an enquiry into real ownership would consider the intentions of the relevant actors. Conveyancers were urged to record how the beneficial interest is to be held. Mostyn J found that the business and properties were owned 50:50 by the husband and wife. Judgment, 27/03/2019, free
- Widow's out of time application under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 in circumstances where provision for her had been made by way of 2 trusts. The application was refused. Judgment, 05/03/2019, free
- In this long running case in which the husband (who was described by Mr Justice Mostyn as 'dishonest, manipulative, arrogant, menacing and contemptuous of the court's authority') had failed to disclose financial information related to a trust, a periodical payments order was made in favour of the wife and her capital claims were adjourned. Judgment, 21/12/2018, free
Latest know-how
- In a tweet: Court has power to order sale of property to one beneficiary Case note, 06/08/2018, members only
- In a tweet: FR judgment was to be published un-anonymised where H's conduct had been dishonest Case note, 11/04/2018, members only
- In a tweet: Despite H's bad behaviour, the award was based on W and child's needs Case note, 11/04/2018, members only
- In a tweet: H's line of defence? He was so completely and utterly untrustworthy Case note, 11/04/2018, members only
- In a tweet: A 50:50 split in a big money sees W take over £350million Case note, 12/06/2017, members only
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- Questions to accompany the webcast first broadcast in June 2016 CPD course, 06/07/2016, members only
- Notes for Christopher Wagstaffe QC's talk presented at the At A Glance Conference 2016 Training note, 23/06/2016, members only
- 6 questions on the Supreme Court case of Petrodel v Prest CPD course, 24/06/2013, members only
- Watch the recorded webinar broadcast on 12 June tackling the Supreme Court decision in Prest v Petrodel Webcast, 13/06/2013, members only
- CPD course, 03/05/2012, registration required
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- Statute (external), 31/12/1925, free
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