Family and Matrimonial

The Court of Appeal has set aside a financial remedy order in a divorce between a wealthy couple, finding that it was necessary for the case to be reheard. ...

The Family Court has dismissed a woman’s application to stay divorce and financial remedy proceedings, finding that she had not demonstrated that it would be more appropriate to litigate the...

The Court of Appeal has allowed a mother’s appeal against the High Court’s refusal to set aside or stay an order for the return of her son to Texas. ...

The Family Court recently made a parental order in the names of both parents of twins born via surrogacy, despite their father having died before their birth. The mother...

The Family Court has concluded that it had no jurisdiction to hear a man’s application for an order for sale of the former matrimonial home following his ex-wife’s death, finding...

Under Section 58(5) of the Family Law Act 1986, the courts cannot make a declaration that a marriage was void at its inception. That recently proved fatal to an application...

The High Court has ruled that a three-year-old girl was not habitually resident in England and Wales and it therefore did not have jurisdiction to determine her father’s application for...

The High Court has dismissed an ex-wife’s appeal against a ruling that her former husband’s share of the home they owned together was held by his trustees in bankruptcy. ...

The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal against an order of the High Court that a 14-year-old boy who had remained in England after visiting his father should return...

A marriage is generally recognised in English law if it is valid under the law of the country in which it takes place, a legal principle known as lex loci...