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A reminder of the guidance on how to approach a parents beneficial interest in the Former Matrimonial Home
A v N [2025] EWFC 371 (B) The involvement of third parties, often parents or other family members, assisting in the purchase of the former matrimonial home (FMH) is of rising...
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Findings of fact against witnesses- Re E (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 1563
In Re E [2025], an application was made for permission to challenge Ms Justice Henke in private law proceedings. The child subject to the proceedings was now aged 10. The...
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Qualified Legal Representatives- guidance from the President- K v P (Criminal Solicitor as Court-Appointed QLR) [2025] EWFC 321
The case involved allegations of domestic abuse. At the hearing on 24th January 2024, a court-appointed Qualified Legal Representative (QLR) was in attendance. The hearing had to...
Justifying costs in Children Act Proceedings- RC v FP [2025] EWFC 124
In RC v FP [2025] EWFC 124, the parties were in a relationship from 2016. In 2019, whilst pregnant with the father’s child, the mother discovered the father was in a relationship...
Court provides a helpful overview on some key principles when valuing businesses in financial remedy cases
BR v BR [2025] EWFC 88 Businesses in a financial remedy case can often prove to be a complicated and contested issue. Justice Peel has recently handed down a judgement that...
Appealing a finding of fact- Re A (Appeal: Findings of Fact) [2025] EWHC 1279 (Fam)
This case provides important guidance on procedural and substantive aspects of private law fact find hearings. The case concerned three children, with the parties involved in...
Overriding parental responsibility: Re T-D (Children: Specific Issue Order) [2024] EWCA Civ 793
Proceedings were initially issued in the private law sphere, but care proceedings followed as a result of the children being made subject to Child Protection plans, under the...
Borrowing capacity deemed a resource that can be considered in cases for financial provision for children under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989
ZU v LT [2024] EWHC 778 (Fam) Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 (Schedule 1) makes limited financial provision for the children of unmarried parents. The courts powers to make...
Parental Responsibility for a father revoked and the child’s surname changed due to his behaviour towards the mother
Re EMP (A Child) (Re Section 8 Children Act 1989) [2024] EWFC 12 This case concerned an application made by the father to spend time with his son and the mother herself making a...
Life interest rather than lump sum? – Inheritance Act 1975 claims
Banfield v Campbell [2018] EWHC 1943 (Ch) Practitioners will be aware that brining a claim under the Inheritance (Provision for Family Dependants) Act 1975 (“the Inheritance Act...
Looking ahead to 2024 in family law
As we head into 2024, this article looks at some of the potential developments that may come into the family law arena. 1. Nuptial agreements Perhaps an area of family law that...
Courts, not experts, must determine whether parental alienation exists in any case
Re GB (Part 25 Application: Parental Alienation) [2023] EWFC 150 Once again the issue of parental alienation is back before our family courts. In the case of Re GB (Part 25...