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Legal 500 2022 review
October 7, 2022
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Financial Remedies Journal 2022
October 7, 2022
A Short Childless Marriage Lasting Just Months – An Award Too High?
Falling love at first sight for a glamorous looking woman on a Eurostar rail journey was for this Husband to prove a costly mistake. After just 5-7 months of cohabitation / marriage and 6 days of a London High Court hearing, W may on the other hand consider the price of the train ticket was still well worthwhile.
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Family Flyer 102
October 7, 2022
“NEEDS” – No Hiding Place on Costs for Exaggerated Claims – an analysis of Peel J in WC v HC (2022) EWFC 40
In the Ashley Murray Chambers Case Update No 100 (‘TIME OUT- ABIDE BY THE RULES – OR ELSE! – analysis of WC v HC [2022] EWFC 22’) the substantive decision of Peel J in this matter was fully analysed. The Court determined W on a “needs” based approach should recover value of £7.45m. Subsequently, the parties addressed the consequential costs arguments. The combined costs amounted to £1.6m (W £917k and H £709k – the main difference in amounts being that H was not liable for vat).
H sought costs from W of £310k and W sought costs of £264k from H, being her costs of two interlocutory hearings (mps and directions) and in meeting H’s arguments as to the application of an unsigned post marital agreement.
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Family Flyer 101
October 7, 2022
A Short Childless Marriage Lasting Just Months – An Award Too High? – an analysis of VV v VV – Peel J
Falling in love at first sight for a glamorous looking woman on a Eurostar rail journey was for this Husband to prove a highly costly mistake. A after just 5-7 months of cohabitation / marriage and 6 days of a London High Court hearing, W may on the other hand consider the price of the train ticket was still worthwhile.
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