SM v BA
* SM v BA (Legal Services Payment Order) [2025] EWFC 7
* SM v BA (No 2: Maintenance Pending Suit) [2025] EWFC 28
* Transplanting Costs Order Principles to LSPOs and Legal Costs Funding Orders
Polly Morgan | Case Editor
read moreCulligan v Culligan
* Culligan v Culligan [2025] EWFC 1
* D Culligan v A Culligan (No.2) (Costs and Anonymity) [2025] EWFC 26
* Culligan v Culligan (No 3) (Terms of Order) [2025] EWFC 186
Important Recent Case Developments (Mid-January 2025 to mid-May 2025)
These are the noteworthy case-law developments since the last issue went to press in January 2025.
Civil restraint orders
Civil restraint orders are addressed in FPR 4.8 and PD 4B. They can be limited, extended or general. A limited order may be made where a party has made at
Important Recent Case Developments (October 2024 to mid January 2025)
These are the noteworthy case-law developments since the last issue went to press in early October 2024.
This period has seen a number of cases involving legal services payment orders (LSPOs), and we draw your attention to one in particular. In addition to this, there are several interesting cases involving
Financial Remedies Case Round-Up (End April 2024 to Start October 2024)
These are the noteworthy case-law developments since the last issue went to press in April 2024.
Importance of the FDR
In the last issue, we discussed the new FPR 3.4(1A) and FPR PD 3A, which contains powers to encourage parties to pursue non-court dispute resolution (NCDR) and adjourn
Lloyd Dorian Williams v Gerwyn Lloyd Williams & Ors [2024] EWCA Civ 42
Judgment date: 01 February 2024
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2024/42
King, Asplin, and Nugee LJJ. Family farm. No dispute that applicant/appellant and his parents acquired the property on trust for themselves as equal co-owners. Absent express declaration, did they hold as joint tenants or tenants
NW v BH [2024] EWFC 118 (B)
Judgment date: 23 May 2024
https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/118
Recorder Rhys Taylor. Evidentially complex final hearing in needs-based case involving verbal Daniels v Walker application, abandoning of SJE report, disclosure inadequacies, and an intervenor being removed.
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