“The estranged wife of a former banker who argued that £4.8 million was not enough to live on yesterday lost a High Court bid for a larger slice of his wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd March 2011
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Archive for the 'financial provision' Category
Wife loses bid for bigger payout from estranged husband – Daily Telegraph
Published March 24, 2011 appeals , divorce , financial provision , news Leave a CommentJones v Jones – WLR Daily
Published February 1, 2011 divorce , financial provision , law reports Leave a CommentJones v Jones [2011] EWCA Civ 41; [2011] WLR (D) 26
“Even if an earning capacity might also sometimes be relevant to a fair distribution of the assets pursuant to the sharing principle, it did not follow that the earning capacity should itself be treated as one of those assets, still less that an attempt should be made to capitalise it.”
WLR Daily, 31st January 2011
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Granatino v Radmacher (formerly Granatino) – WLR Daily
Published October 25, 2010 divorce , financial provision , law reports , prenuptial agreements Leave a CommentGranatino v Radmacher (formerly Granatino) [2010] UKSC 42; [2010] WLR (D) 260
“A court should give effect to a nuptial agreement, whether entered into before or after marriage, that was freely entered into by each party with a full appreciation of its implications unless in the circumstances prevailing it would not be fair to hold the parties to the agreement.”
WLR Daily, 21st October 2010
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Imerman v Tchenguiz and others; Same v Imerman – WLR Daily
Published August 3, 2010 appeals , confidentiality , divorce , financial provision , law reports Leave a Comment“There was no legal justification for permitting a spouse to retain copies of documents unlawfully obtained in breach of confidence in order to prevent the other spouse from concealing assets in ancillary relief proceedings. A spouse could apply for search and seizure, freezing, preservation and similar orders to ensure that assets were not wrongly concealed or dissipated.”
WLR Daily, 30th July 2010
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Polo playing dotcom tycoon forced to pay wife £7 million in divorce settlement – Daily Telegraph
Published July 23, 2010 disclosure , divorce , financial provision , news Leave a Comment“A polo playing dotcom tycoon was ordered by a judge to pay his ex-wife half his £14 million fortune after being accused of ‘flagrant, persistent and consistent” attempts to hide his wealth.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
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Ex-wife returns to court to ask for bigger divorce settlement – Daily Telegraph
Published July 23, 2010 divorce , financial provision , news Leave a Comment“The ex-wife of a business tycoon has returned to the divorce courts to ask for a bigger slice of his fortune after he sold his business for £180 million.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2010
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Boris Berezovsky’s second wife wins record £100m divorce settlement – The Guardian
Published July 23, 2010 divorce , financial provision , news Leave a Comment“He has survived several assassination attempts, false charges of fraud by the Russian authorities and won high-profile libel cases in London courtrooms. But the exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has been unable to escape the wrath of his second wife, Galina. Today she won a divorce from the businessman in the high court, in a settlement that lawyers believe could be the biggest in British legal history.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2010
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Property tycoon in £400m divorce battle declared bankrupt – The Independent
Published April 23, 2010 bankruptcy , divorce , financial provision , news Leave a Comment“A tycoon fixer who is fighting a bitter divorce case from his estranged wife over claims that he has hidden his £400m fortune has been declared bankrupt by the taxman.”
The Independent, 23rd April 2010
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Vaughan v Vaughan – WLR Daily
Published April 13, 2010 appeals , financial provision , law reports , periodical payments Leave a CommentVaughan v Vaughan [2010] EWCA Civ 349; [2010] WLR (D) 95
“When a judge was determining (i) a husband’s application to terminate a financial obligation to his former wife and (ii) the former wife’s application to capitalise the obligation, and he was comparing the financial needs of the former wife and a present wife, there remained a presumption that on marriage each spouse took the other subject to all existing encumbrances, whether known or not.”
WLR Daily, 12th April 2010
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Agbaje v Agbaje – WLR Daily
Published March 11, 2010 divorce , financial provision , foreign jurisdictions , news , Supreme Court Leave a CommentAgbaje v Agbaje [2010] UKSC 13; [2010] WLR (D) 71
“An English court considering under Pt III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 whether it would be appropriate to make an order for financial relief on the application of a party to a foreign divorce was not required to apply a forum non conveniens test and decide which of two jurisdictions was the appropriate one. The whole basis of Pt III was that it might be appropriate for two jurisdictions to be involved, one for the divorce and the other for ancillary relief.”
WLR Daily, 10th March 2010
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Ruling confirms London as divorce payout capital – The Independent
Published March 10, 2010 divorce , financial provision , foreign jurisdictions , news Leave a Comment“London’s reputation as the divorce payout capital of the world was reinforced by the Supreme Court today.”
The Independent, 10th March 2010
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Radmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino – WLR Daily
Published July 6, 2009 contracts , divorce , financial provision , law reports Leave a CommentRadmacher (formerly Granatino) v Granatino [2009] EWCA Civ 649; [2009] WLR (D) 227
“A judge should give due weight to the marital property regime into which a couple entered so as to legitimately exercise the very wide discretion conferred on judges to achieve fairness between the parties to ancillary relief proceedings.”
WLR Daily, 3rd July 2009
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Myerson v Myerson (No 2) – Times Law Reports
Published April 7, 2009 compromise , financial provision , law reports Leave a CommentCourt of Appeal
“A husband could not have an order compromising an ancillary relief application rewritten where his wealth had fallen significantly.”
The Times, 6th April 2009
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Now bankers want a new bonus – lower divorce settlements – The Independent
Published February 26, 2009 divorce , financial provision , news Leave a Comment“Divorced bankers who have had their bonuses cut are trying to wriggle out of millions of pounds worth of maintenance payments they promised to pay their children and former wives. Dozens of ex-husbands in the City are going back to court to ask judges to reduce divorce settlements that were agreed in much rosier economic times.”
The Independent, 26th February 2009
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Akinnoye Agbaje v Akinnoye Agbaje – WLR Daily
Published January 22, 2009 divorce , financial provision , jurisdiction , law reports Leave a CommentAkinnoye Agbaje v Akinnoye Agbaje [2009] EWCA Civ 1; [2009] WLR (D) 11
“A careful approach was required where a court was determining whether to exercise its jurisdiction under Pt III of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 to grant an applicant leave to apply for financial relief in this jurisdiction following a divorce in an overseas country.”
WLR Daily, 21st January 2009
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Ansari v Ansari – Times Law Reports
Published January 16, 2009 financial provision , law reports , matrimonial home , setting aside , third parties Leave a CommentCourt of Appeal
“A charge on a property which was not in itself a reviewable disposition was not to be set aside as a result of setting aside the transfer of a property by a husband to defeat his wife’s rights, which was a reviewable disposition.”
The Times, 16th January 2009
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Ansari v Ansari (Bank of Scotland plc intervening) – WLR Daily
Published January 6, 2009 financial provision , law reports , matrimonial home , setting aside , third parties Leave a CommentAnsari v Ansari (Bank of Scotland plc intervening) [2008] EWCA Civ 1456; [2008] WLR (D) 413
“Where a disposition of property made with the intention of reducing financial relief had been followed by further transactions made for valuable consideration and in good faith, the discretion conferred by s 37(3) of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 would not be used to set aside, as a consequence of setting aside the original reviewable disposition under the Act, a charge, not in itself a reviewable disposition which had been granted by the purchaser on the security of the property.”
WLR Daily, 5th January 2009
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