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- In a tweet: Costs award for husband reduced by 50% because of his own litigation conduct Case note, 07/11/2016, members only
- In a tweet: Use case management powers to direct abbreviated hearing and consider applications without merit Case note, 07/11/2016, members only
- Appeal against a decision refusing to set aside a Consent Order made in financial remedy proceedings following the dissolution of the appellant's civil partnership with her partner who has since died. The basis of the application to set aside the consent order (which was made after the death of the respondent) was that the deceased had been guilty of material non-disclosure in the financial remedy proceedings. The judge dismissed the appellant's application, which he regarded as being "without merit", and "doomed to failure", saying that allowing the case to proceed would be contrary to the court's overriding objective and his (the judge's) duty actively to case manage an application. The appeal was allowed and the case was remitted for directions before a High Court judge. Judgment, 17/10/2016, free
- Costs hearing which ruled that the W should pay the H 50% of his costs relating to his successful application that a consent order should be set aside due to material non-disclosure by the W. Judgment, 11/10/2016, free
- In a tweet: Creditor of a beneficiary had an interest in the deceased's estate that gave him standing to challenge the validity of the will Case note, 21/09/2016, members only
- In a tweet: Consent order approved providing W with a lump sum of £300K on a clean break basis Case note, 20/09/2016, members only
- In a tweet: Declarations as to the meaning and effect of an order for use in foreign proceedings Case note, 15/09/2016, members only
- In a tweet: CoA considers the interpretation of a consent order term between a deceased Russian oligarch and his ex-wife Case note, 14/09/2016, members only
- Parties had reached agreement that the wife be paid a lump sum of £300,000. The issue here was whether the details of the settlement could be made public and whether the husband should pay the wife's costs relating to a Dean summons which was brought by her solicitors but then abandoned after the husband relented on the publicity issue. Judgment, 11/06/2016, free
- As part of their divorce settlement, the parties agreed that the ex-wife would keep the first £100,000 of any inheritance from her mother and the balance over that amount would be split equally between them. The mother left exactly £100,000 to the ex-wife with the remaining £150,000 going to the ex-wife's children. The ex-husband brought a probate claim to challenge the validity of the ex-wife's mother's will, alleging that it was not duly executed in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Wills Act 1837. The Deputy Master decided that H had no sufficient interest in the will and therefore had no standing to bring the claim. The ex-husband's appeal against that decision was allowed. Judgment, 27/05/2016, free