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Short Marriage Assessment of Quotidian Needs – FF v KF [2017] EWHC 1093 (Fam) (Mostyn J)
March 10, 2018
Introduction:
Whilst few of us will have used the adjective ‘quotidian’ this year or, let’s face it, in our lifetime – its’ use within Mostyn J’s recent judgment on appeal immediately in front of ‘needs’ does, at least, make us first check our web dictionaries as to its meaning and then, once hooked, to actually read a highly economic dispatch by His Lordship of the issues in a case which occupied the Manchester Money Judge, HHJ Wallwork, five days of hearing – mostly, according to Mostyn J, in addressing the ‘completely irrelevant’ subject of the level of the parties’ marital acquest, which W claimed was £3m when H had already in an open offer proposed more than half of that amount anyway and when both parties’ open positions ‘were predicated on an assessment of the wife’s needs’ (para 7).
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Family Flyer 70
March 10, 2018
The Court’s Responsibility to Heed its own Overriding Objective
CH v WH [2017] EWHC 2379: Mostyn J.
Introduction:
The Family court has a long tradition of not being constrained by the limits of the specific application placed before it. A master of the matrimonial law, Lord Justice Ormrod in Ward v Ward & Greene (1980) 1 AER 176 observed, at the end of an appeal in which it had been suggested that the court could not under the (then un-amended) s 24 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 make an order for sale without there also being a pro form summons before the Court under s 17 of the Married Women’s Property Act 1882, as follows:-
‘Before leaving the appeal finally, however, there is one point with which I want to deal…
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Family Flyer 69
March 10, 2018
Seeking Part 25 Permission (Experts Instruction – Financial Remedy Cases) – Is a Formal Application required?
Introduction:
1. Practitioners will be aware that recently the local Family Court in Liverpool has emphasised that formal applications will normally be needed in all cases where an expert report is to be sought. It will be recalled that my previous Flyer 35 (https://ashleymurraychambers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Flyer-35.pdf) dealt with the introduction of this, as then, new procedure for the instruction of Court experts in financial remedy cases.
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Family Flyer 68
March 10, 2018
Barristers Fees and Transparency – the Bell Tolls
Recent Reports on Transparency at the Bar:
The Bar Standards Boards recently published its research findings (July 2017) in relation to the satisfaction of individuals, who had recently used the services of barristers in family law matters. The outcome was broadly positive.
However, 83% of those surveyed believed that barristers charge higher fees than other legal providers and more than half those sampled indicated that they were not confident that they had the appropriate information to make an informed decision on who to approach for advice on a family law matter.
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Family Flyer 67
March 10, 2018
Tobias v Tobias [2017] EWFC 46: Mostyn J – guidance on applications for freezing orders, ex party orders and use of the out of hours judge
- W was in the FMH and H in a care home. H applied for an ex party freezing order upon the FMH, which was charged in favour of commercial creditors and the Local Authority for unpaid council tax. H also had registered a FLA 1996 notice of home rights.
- H’s application was to the out-of-hours High Court judge albeit there was no emergency. His statement supporting the application was defective in failing to list the secured commercial debts, as was the application and there was also no divorce petition issued.
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Family Flyer 66
March 10, 2018
A Sharp return to uncertainty in divorce finance distribution – Sharp v Sharp [2017] EWCA Civ 408.
1. This Flyer is longer than most – for good reason – it contains substantive new law.
2. The ONS – 2013 showed 34% of marriages had ended in divorce by the 20th marriage anniversary. Hence, the risk to married couples of undergoing the trauma and cost of divorce remains significant. Resolution’s survey in 2014 found 28% of the separated adults taking part had taken out additional borrowing as a direct result of their relationship break-up (http://www.resolution.rg.uk/site_content _files/files/reso).
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Family Flyer 65
March 10, 2018
Short Marriage Assessment of Quotidian Needs – FF v KF [2017] EWHC 1093 (Fam) (Mostyn J)
Whilst few of us will have used the adjective ‘quotidian’ this year or, let’s face it, in our lifetime – its’ use within Mostyn J’s recent judgment on appeal immediately in front of ‘needs’ does, at least, make us first check our web dictionaries as to its meaning and then, once hooked, to actually read a highly economic dispatch by His Lordship of the issues in a case which occupied the Manchester Money Judge, HHJ Wallwork, five days of hearing – mostly, according to Mostyn J, in addressing the ‘completely irrelevant’ subject of the level of the parties’ marital acquest, which W claimed was £3m when H had already in an open offer proposed more than half of that amount anyway and when both parties’ open positions ‘were predicated on an assessment of the wife’s needs’ (para 7).
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Family Flyer 64
June 19, 2017
Equity of Exoneration – The Modern Application – analysis of Armstrong v Onyearu & Another [2017] EWCA Civ 258
- Once I mention Trustee in Bankruptcy – I can anticipate, like ITVs ‘Take me Out’, many family practitioners’ lights going out. But as Paddy McGuiness might say (apologies in advance) – let the ratio see the decidendi! .
- Yes this case was an appeal in respect of a Trustee in Bankruptcy’s claim that the W’s interest in the family home was subject to a secured loan, which had been used for H’s business
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Family Flyer 63
June 19, 2017
Variation of Executory Orders
The Court of Appeal in the case of Bezeliansky v Bezelianskaya [2016] EWCA Civ 76, has recently reviewed the extent of the Court’s Thwaite v Thwaite (1980) power to vary the terms of any final order made, including those by consent.
Facts:
The Court was dealing with an appeal in respect of a consent order made by Holman J in 2013 upon the parties’ respective financial claims following their divorce.
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Cohabitation New Edition
June 1, 2017
Cohabitation
Law, Practice and Precedents
£99.00
This work provides commentary, checklists, procedural guides and precedents on the subject in a single volume
- Published:June 2017
- Edition:7th
- Format:Hardback and CD-ROM
- ISBN:9781784733216
- Authors/Editors:John Eames, Ashley Murray, District Judge Helen Wood, Mark Harrop, David Salter, James Cook
- Category:Family Law
http://www.jordanpublishing.co.uk/practice-areas/family/publications/cohabitation#.WTqPCmjyuUk