Christie O’Connell (1 Hare Court)

Christie O’Connell (1 Hare Court)

Family law specialist accepting instructions across the spectrum of private family law, representing clients from first to final hearing at all levels up to and including the High Court.

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The Calculation Conundrum: Top-Up Maintenance After the Morgan Appeals

The Calculation Conundrum: Top-Up Maintenance After the Morgan Appeals

[2026] 3 FRJ 252. A maximum CMS maintenance calculation is a condition precedent of a top-up order. But could a subsequent decision by the CMS bring the court’s order to an end?

AZ v BZ (Financial Remedies Appeal) [2020] EWFC B86

Judgment date: 22 May 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2020/B86.html HHJ Vincent. Appeal by H of a financial remedy order where on a clean break basis the assets were divided 99/1 in favour of W. The asset pool was modest, mostly made up

Backstrom v Wennberg [2023] EWFC 79

Judgment date: 28 April 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/79 Mr L. Samuels KC, sitting as a deputy High Court judge. The court heard cross applications for financial remedies orders. W issued a notice that H show cause why he should not be held to their pre-

Timokhin v Timokhina [2023] EWHC 58 (Fam)

Judgment date: 17 January 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2023/58.html Roberts J. Was a decision to stay a Sch 1 application pending conclusion of proceedings in another jurisdiction a substantive or procedural one? The parties were Russian nationals and parents to two children, aged

ARQ v YAQ [2022] EWFC 128

Judgment date: 19 May 2022 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2022/128 Moor J. H was a highly successful retired businessman. He married W in 2005 in what was an entirely conventional second marriage. Alongside a significant portfolio of assets, H owned a sheep and cattle farm in Country

XO v YO & Anor [2022] EWFC 114

Judgment date: 22 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2022/114.html HHJ Hess. Financial remedies decision concerning whether English court had jurisdiction to determine a claim in respect of immovable property situated outside England where the claim is based on equity; and can adverse inferences

Pierburg v Pierburg [2022] EWHC 2701 (Fam)

Judgment date: 09 September 2022 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2022/2701.html Facts Moor J (‘the judge’) dealt with an application made by Clarissa Gisela Pierburg (‘W’) for financial provision after an overseas divorce pursuant to Part III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984.