3 August 2026. DDJ Hales. Competent conduct of legal professionals is not negotiable.

13 January 2026. Sir Jonathan Cohen. Final hearing in financial remedies proceedings in which W held the majority of the parties’ wealth as a result of tax planning and distributions from H, whose wea...

23 September 2026. Preliminary issue hearing concerning the validity of a pre-nuptial agreement. Peel J emphasised that considering a nuptial agreement at a preliminary hearing is an available option ...

22 June 2026. MacDonald J. Refusal of relief from sanctions for deliberately failing to comply with length of evidence in H’s application to vary the maintenance he had agreed to pay W. H’s s 37 MCA i...

17 April 2026. Henke J. Appeal of a final divorce order granted on the basis of a procedural irregularity as the first instance judge had not seen an outstanding application to rescind the conditional...

3 June 2026. Andrews, Lewison and Warby LJJ. The appeal concerned whether a solicitor's retainer, charging by hourly rates for litigation work, qualified as a CBA under s 59 of the Solicitors Act 1974...

20 February 2026. Garrido J. Final hearing in financial remedies proceedings, considering matrimonialisation and whether there should be a departure from equality due to the shares’ original non-matri...

30 June 2026. Mr Nicholas Allen KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Dispute about whether W’s responsibility to indemnify H extended to indemnifying a company.

15 May 2026. Baker LJ giving the lead judgment with Lewison and Yip LJJ agreeing. Appeal against the order of HHJ Rogers, in which he allowed an appeal against a financial remedy order made by DJ Birk...

4 August 2026. DJ Hammond. The court was concerned with an application for committal by W to commit H to prison.

24 July 2026. McKendrick J. The applicant’s opposed and unsuccessful application to stay the determination of the divorce and financial remedy proceedings on the grounds it would be more convenient fo...

The question of whether property that is matrimonial property has as a consequence to be shared equally has become one of the main areas of debate in the first instance decisions over the last year.

In Meerna Ali Ghuloom Faraj v Sohail Sultan Ahmad & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 962, the Court of Appeal allowed both spouses’ appeals and the bank’s appeal, concluding that the trial judge’s factual findings could not stand and ordering a retrial.

24 July 2026. Moylan LJ giving the lead judgment with Coulson and Arnold LJJ agreeing. The Court of Appeal gives clarity on Wells sharing.

25 March 2026. Cusworth J on an application for a Legal Services Payment Order and Maintenance Pending Suit.

3 August 2026. Mr Nicholas Allen KC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge. The husband obtained an interim anti-suit injunction, pending judgment in financial remedy proceedings, to prohibit the wife ...

29 April 2026. Moylan LJ giving the lead judgment with Arnold LJ and Miles LJ agreeing.

20 July 2026. HHJ Hess (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Final hearing to consider the extent to which the terms of a pre-nuptial agreement should be upheld following an assessment of the partie...

27 April 2023. DJ Baker. Final hearing in a financial remedies case with few assets where the husband sought, unsuccessfully, to pursue conduct. The husband’s litigation conduct justified a costs orde...

18 June 2026. DDJ Harrop. The husband’s application for an order for sale under s 24A(1) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 was struck out under FPR 4.4(1)(a), in that its availability had not survive...

15 May 2026. Cusworth J. The claimant sought reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 following the death of her husband.

14 July 2026. MacDonald J. Hearing concerning the husband’s application for Letters of Request under the Hague Convention 1970.

Moylan LJ giving the lead judgment with Rose and King LJJ agreeing. Appeal from a decision by HHJ Wallwork sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court.

Judgment date: 3 June 2026 Judgment of HHJ Farquhar on the jurisdiction of the courts in domicile disputes, dealing further with applications making fraudulent use of the divorce portal.

Judgment date: 13 May 2026 McKendrick J. A hearing dealing with two distinct matters: a contested divorce application, and disputed applications for financial remedies, including forum conveniens issu...

Judgment date: 23 June 2026 HHJ Hess (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Committal proceedings following husband's non-compliance with a financial remedy order made almost four years ago. Six mont...

Moylan LJ giving the lead judgment with Rose and King LJJ agreeing. Appeal from a decision by HHJ Wallwork sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court.

HHJ Owen. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings involving allegations of add-back, wanton and reckless dissipation, and alleged warehousing of funds through pharmacy businesses.

2026 – Issue 2 – Summer

One in 5 young men do not consider controlling someone's spending as abuse, as the government and banks unite as part of the Enough campaign.

DJ Guirguis. Unsuccessful application for an LSPO where the applicant husband's financial remedy claim appeared weak, his disclosure was inadequate, and he remained subject to substantial outstanding ...

David Rees KC (sitting as a deputy judge of the High Court). The husband sought a declaration of marital status under s 55 of the Family Law Act 1986, asserting that the parties’ customary marriage un...

Peel J. Final hearing in a high net worth case under Part III of the MFPA 1984 with issues of non-disclosure, litigation misconduct and wife’s claim assessed on the basis of her needs.

A consultation on reforming financial remedies on divorce and strengthening protections for cohabitants at the end of their relationship.

Williams J. The High Court considered the impact of a £28m confiscation order, disputed beneficial ownership claims, and criminally tainted assets in a restored financial remedy claim following the Su...

HHJ Farquhar. An illogical conspiracy theory: court refuses to set aside a decree absolute granted over 10 years ago.

Reardon J. Final financial remedy hearing resulting in an almost equal division of liquid marital assets following numerous irrelevant issues being raised by both parties.

On 11 February 2026 there was a celebratory lunch with the past recipients of Resolution’s John Cornwell Lifetime Achievement Award, organised by David Emmerson, who here interviews Richard Sax.

HHJ McKendrick. Decision concerning an application for an interim third-party debt order by a spouse against the solicitors acting for the other spouse after a failure to comply with previously made o...

James Ewins KC (sitting as a deputy High Court judge). Final hearing in ultra-high net worth case with allegations of non-disclosure and with complex trust and corporate structures.

Paragraph 1 of CA 1989 Schedule 1 is headed ‘Orders for financial relief against parents’. Paragraph 2 is headed ‘Orders for financial relief for persons over eighteen’. As recent cases have demonstrated this structure causes complications.