Eva Stuart

Eva Stuart

Eva is a future pupil barrister at QEB. She is a Lord Denning Scholar and a Lord Bowen Scholar of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and a First-Class Graduate of the University of Oxford. Previously, she was a Paralegal at Newton Kearns.

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BY v GC (No 4: Indemnities) [2026] EWFC 173

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.

BC v BC (No 2) (Matrimonialisation; Division of Shareholding; Provision for Debt) [2026] EWFC 37

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-matrimonial character.

Costs and Calderbank Offers: The Current Landscape

[2026] 2 FRJ 107. What can be done to protect clients from escalating costs arising from uncooperative behaviour and inflexible positions? This article considers considers costs orders, the extent to which Calderbank offers still serve a purpose, and practical considerations for practitioners.

Reid-Roberts & Anor v Mei-Lin & Anor [2026] EWHC 49 (Ch)

Cawson J. Appeal and cross-appeal concerning H’s beneficial interest in the matrimonial home. Cawson J found that H had not transferred his beneficial interest to W, but that sale of the property should be deferred.

Rt. Hon. The Countess Karen Anne Spencer v Rt. Hon. Ninth Earl Spencer, Charles Edward Maurice Spencer [2025] EWFC 431

Peel J. Appeal by W for further details of an arbitration award to be disclosed to the associated KBD proceedings and to ‘any persons’. Peel J permitted minimal further disclosure in order to provide the King’s Bench court with full context but emphasised the confidential nature of arbitration.

LIN v PAR [2025] EWFC 401

Peel J. Final hearing in financial remedy proceedings. The couple's 2002 draft consent order had not been sealed by the court, but the parties had acted upon it with the belief that it had been formalised. Peel J determined that it constituted a Xydhias agreement.

BS v HC [2026] EWFC 20 (B)

HHJ Hess. Final hearing in financial remedies proceedings. HHJ Hess dealt with questions of ‘matrimonialisation’ surrounding H’s pensions in light of the decision in Standish.