The Costs of ‘Costs of Sale’
As part of the computation stage of financial remedy proceedings great care is taken to ascertain the accurate net value of the family home and other property owned by the parties or in which they have an interest.
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Y v Z [2025] EWFC 221
Cusworth J. Case management decision allowing the wife to amend her position to formally plead conduct under s 25(2)(g).
Klein v Cripps Trust Corporation [2025] EWHC 688 (Fam)
Williams J. Judgment to determine reasonable financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 for the spouse and son of the deceased following limited provision for them in the Will and mismanagement of the Will by the executrix.
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Re P (A Child) (Financial Provision: s 423 Insolvency Act 1986) [2025] EWHC 1460 (Fam)
Harrison J. A Schedule 1 application and connected application under s 423 Insolvency Act 1986. Order for provision of a housing fund; periodical payments; security for maintenance and school fees. The court came just short of making an order under s 423, but made relevant findings.
AB v CD [2025] EWFC 253 (B)
DJ Dodsworth’s short judgment gives a blueprint of how not to prepare a case for trial, and how not to make a relief from sanctions application.
Helliwell v Entwistle: Some Troubling Aspects
Following King LJ’s judgment in Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055, Sir Nicholas Mostyn reconsiders his reasoning in Cummings v Fawn [2023] EWHC 830 (Fam) and concludes that some of his language needs to be modified.