Wednesday 29 July 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court examines whether family trust assets count as divorce resources
The Family Court considered whether assets held in family trusts were available to a husband in a financial remedy case, applying the established test for trustees' likely willingness to advance capital.
Friday 24 July 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Court of Appeal orders full retrial of £6m divorce money case
The Court of Appeal has allowed the husband's, the wife's and IIB Group Holdings' appeals in a high-value financial remedy case, setting aside all the trial judge's findings and ordering a retrial of every…
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court refuses stay of divorce and financial remedy case in favour of Florida
The Family Court has dismissed an application to stay divorce and financial remedy proceedings in favour of Florida, so the case between Ms Bartok and Ms Brunner continues in England and Wales.
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Family Law · Judgment
Court of Appeal holds judge’s split of liquid and illiquid assets in £27m divorce cannot be sustained
The Court of Appeal has concluded that a financial remedy order sharing about £27 million equally by value, but leaving most of the husband's share in illiquid private company shares, cannot be sustained.
Tuesday 21 July 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court makes unmarried father a legal parent after mother dies before birth registration
The Family Court at Derby declared an unmarried father the legal father of his newborn son and gave him parental responsibility after the mother died before the birth was registered.
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court sets out how it tests allegations in a transnational abandonment case
The Family Court heard allegations that a mother was pressured to stay abroad and separated from her child; the judgment explains how the court approaches such claims and who is affected.
Monday 20 July 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Central Family Court finds marriage ended on divorce application in £26.6m remedies case
A Deputy High Court Judge held on 20 July 2026 that a marriage of just over 14 years ended when the husband made his divorce application in May 2024, in a high-value financial remedies…
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Family Law · Report
Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s 2024 to 2025 report covers family court review pilot
The Domestic Abuse Commissioner's annual report for 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, published on 20 July 2026, sets out the office's work on criminal justice, family court monitoring and support for survivors.
Tuesday 14 July 2026
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Family Law · Judgment
Family Court adjourns wife’s financial remedies claim until appeals against $3.2bn fraud judgment end
Mr Justice Peel held on 14 July 2026 that a wife's application for a financial remedies order, based on a 2017 separation agreement, must wait until the appeals in a related multibillion-dollar fraud claim…
Thursday 9 July 2026
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Family Law · Report
Government evaluation finds sanctuary schemes are inconsistently defined and delivered
A government evaluation published on 9 July 2026 finds that sanctuary schemes are widely used in England but inconsistently defined and delivered, with variation across local authorities.