TLATA

Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch)

27 March 2026. HHJ Klein (sitting as a High Court judge). TLATA 1996 case concerning a post-separation change in intention, where the appellant also sought to recover outstanding child maintenance payments.

KI v SI (Sham Trusts and Intervenor Proceedings in Financial Remedy Claims) [2026] EWFC 73 (B)

Judgment of District Judge Hatvany at a preliminary issue hearing concerning the determination of whether purported trust deeds in favour of intervenors within financial remedy claims were shams.

Anne Morag Fotheringhame v Antony David Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2026/632

The Lesser Known ‘Acquisition Constructive Trust’ after Khan v Khan [2025] EWCA Civ 1436 and Why Financial Remedy Lawyers Need to Know About It

[2026] 1 FRJ 19. When thinking of constructive trusts, most financial remedy lawyers will have in mind the common intention constructive trust. However, this is not the only type of constructive trust. The newly christened ‘acquisition constructive trust’ is one with which to become familiar.

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

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/ch/2026/49

What’s App Doc?

What’s App Doc?

Reid-Roberts & Ors v Mei-Lin & Gudmundson [2026] EWHC 49 (Ch) has caused a media stir. The headlines are all about whether you can give your home away by a WhatsApp. However, the decision is more interesting and of wider application for financial remedy practitioners than these soundbites suggest.

Khan & Ors v Khan [2025] EWCA Civ 1436

Asplin, Nugee and Miles LJJ. The Court of Appeal dismissed the defendant’s appeal against the High Court’s findings that the claimants had beneficial interests in properties belonging to the family.