Wealthy Canadian oil trader sentenced to 21 months
A wealthy Canadian oil trader has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for contempt of court after allegedly failing to meet financial obligations to this estranged wife. The former CEO of oil firm...
View ArticleA good judge will recognise your true intentions
A wry smile crept across my face when I read the judgment of Mrs Justice Parker in Baldwin v Baldwin last week (the judgment was actually handed down in March 2014, but was only published last week)....
View ArticleBrothers must return to Spain, court rules
Two brothers who had fallen out with their mother and stepfather in Spain must return so the Spanish courts can rule on their future, a court has ruled. In C v V, the English couple had moved to Spain...
View ArticleEnglish courts have authority over maintenance in Scottish divorce
The English courts can rule on the payment of maintenance by a man living in Scotland, a judge has ruled. In Re V, the couple in question were married in 1994 and moved to Scotland the following year....
View ArticleDoctors argue against treatment for toddler
Future medical treatment of a mentally disabled toddler should be limited to a palliative care, doctors have told the High Court. They claim that the unnamed two year-old is “profoundly neurologically...
View ArticleSpousal maintenance application to proceed
A former husband’s application to change a spousal maintenance agreement should not be struck out, the High Court has ruled. The case concerned a former couple who married in 1992 after living together...
View ArticleHigh Court backs doctor’s wish to withhold treatment
The High Court has granted doctors treating a disabled toddler permission to withhold treatment, despite the distress of his parents. At a hearing in April, doctors argued that the “profoundly...
View ArticleDetermined Australian woman pursues financial claims
An Australian woman’s claim for additional financial support from her ex-husband is to proceed, despite several previous dismissals. In MG v FG, the woman met the English husband in 2004, marrying him...
View ArticleCourt refuses father’s request to text his daughter
The Court of Appeal has rejected a father’s bid to overturn a ruling that he cannot text his 12 year-old daughter. The man, who lives in London, has an acrimonious relationship with his estranged wife,...
View ArticleFarmer cites Brexit in divorce appeal
A multi-millionaire fruit farmer from Kent has been given permission to appeal a divorce settlement, saying it had failed to account for the role played by his father in the creation of the family...
View ArticleHigh Court considers fraudulent divorce claim
The estranged wife of a wealthy Russian businessman has claimed she knew nothing about a divorce he says took place more than 11 years ago. At a preliminary High Court hearing this week, the woman...
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