HC v SW [2026] EWFC 237
13 July 2026. Trowell J. Final hearing to determine the extent to which one party's receipt of restricted stock units and carried interest post-separation should be considered matrimonial property and subject to sharing.
Matrimonial and Non-Matrimonial Property
RRE v JPR [2026] EWFC 7
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 wealth derived almost entirely from outside the marriage.
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.
P v P (Inheritance at the End of a Long Marriage) [2026] EWFC 209 (B)
1 July 2026. DDJ Hodson makes reserved judgment regarding inheritance received six months post-separation.
A v Z [2026] EWHC 654 (Fam)
Trowell J. Final hearing in a high net worth financial remedies case concerning the effect of a prenuptial agreement on shares transferred to the husband in companies forming part of the wife’s family business group during the marriage.
Needs Must as the Devil Drives: An Analysis of Pension Sharing in Needs Cases
[2026] 1 FRJ 43. Despite PAG1 and W v H [2020] EWFC B10 stressing the importance of treating a case on its own facts, somehow a view developed that pensions should inevitably be divided to achieve equality of income in all ‘needs’ cases. The source is unclear, but it’s worth starting with PAG1.
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.