Re L (A Child) [2019] EWHC 867 (Fam) Family Division, 8 April 2019, Sir Andrew McFarlane P
Following the parents’ separation, the child lived with the mother and maternal grandmother. The father lived with a new partner in Northern Ireland. From 2013 onwards, the child was the subject of litigation in the Family Court, on the mother’s application. In May 2016, a final order was made by consent, confirming that the child […]
Re MFS (Appeal: Transfer of Primary Care) [2019] EWHC 768 (Fam) Family Division, 29 March 2019, Williams J
The child was born in September 2010. Litigation was ongoing in respect of the child from late 2012. In March 2017, the mother suspended contact with the father, which had been taking place on alternate weekends and half the holidays. The mother then wrote to the judge, alleging that the school had demonstrated concerns for […]
Re R (A Child: Appeal: Termination of Contact) [2019] EWHC 132 (Fam) Family Division, 29 January 2019, Williams J
The mother, who was profoundly deaf, made an allegation against the father in 2013, when the child was about 7. After investigation, no action was taken by either the local authority or the police. In 2014 the mother and maternal grandmother made further allegations of physical abuse against the father. These were later found to […]
US v SR [2018] EWHC 3297 (Fam) Family Division, 29 November 2018, Roberts J
US v SR [2018] EWHC 3297 (Fam) Family Division, 29 November 2018, Roberts J During the marriage, the husband worked in the oil and gas industry, earning a substantial income. At the time of the separation, in 2010, there were assets of over £6 million. However, the couple’s financial remedy proceedings were bitterly contested, highly […]
WG v HG [2018] EWFC 84 Family Court, 30 July 2018, Francis J
WG v HG [2018] EWFC 84 Family Court, 30 July 2018, Francis J The couple met in 2004, shortly after the husband’s first marriage had come to an end, when the wife was employed as a nanny for the husband’s son from his first marriage. In the financial remedy proceedings arising out of the first […]
Owens v Owens [2018] UKSC 41
The husband and wife married in 1978 and separated in 2015; they had two adult children. The wife had sent the husband a draft divorce petition in December 2012, but this had not been pursued. The wife was having an affair at this stage. Although the affair ended in August 2013, the wife filed another […]
Mills v Mills [2018] UKSC 38
Supreme Court, 18 July 2018, Lady Hale P, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hughes, Lord Hodge The husband and wife married in 1987, separated in 2000 and divorced in 2002. During the marriage the wife had worked as a qualified self-employed beauty therapist and the husband had built up his own surveying business, within two […]
Re M – A (A Child)(2018) EWCA Civ 896 C of A, 25th April 2018, Hamblen and peter Jackson LJJ
Re M-A (A Child) [2018] EWCA Civ 896Court of Appeal, 25 April 2018, Hamblen and Peter Jackson LJJThe British mother and the American father had a very brief relationship, as a result of which the child was born in 2014. In early 2015 the father moved to work in Canada. There had been almost continual […]
Waggott v Waggott (2018) EWCA Civ 727 Court of Appeal 11th April 2018
Waggott v Waggott [2018] EWCA Civ 727Court of Appeal, 11 April 2018, Sir James Munby P, Moylan LJ and MacDonald JThe husband was 53 and the wife 47, they started living together in 1991, married in 2000 and separated in 2012. They had one child, born in 2004. When they met they were both working […]
A v B (2018) EWFC4 Family Court, 26th January 2018, Baker J
A v B [2018] EWFC 4Family Court, 26 January 2018, Baker JThe couple were married in 1983 and had two adult children together. The wife had a successful career and was the main breadwinner. The husband claimed to have been the primary carer of the children during the marriage. The couple separated in 1991 and […]
