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IU v OS [2020] EWFC 98 This case concerned an application for a financial remedy brought by IU, a wife (‘W’), against OS, her husband (‘H’).  ___ Cohen J's judgment is long (48 pages, 288 paragraphs). This is unsurprising in circumstances where the litigation lasted over 3 years, where the court heard from 12 witnesses (including H and W), where hand-writing experts where asked to assess various documents produced by H (and his team) which themselves required translation and where orders had to be obtained on behalf of W for documentation to be produced by H's solicitors (producing...

Important reminder of the approach taken by a Court in relation to applications for Maintenance Pending Suit Date:3 FEB 2021 The recent case of Rattan v Kuwad [2021] EWCA Civ 1 has provided family lawyers with an important reminder to consider the way in which the courts should approach applications for maintenance pending suit (MPS). The original application came before Deputy District Judge Morris who ordered that the husband pay the wife £2,850 per month on an interim basis to provide for the shortfall in her income needs, and a school fees order was also made. Part of the purpose o...

News Following judgment in R (on the application of GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin), victims of domestic abuse who jointly own property with their abuser must not be automatically denied legal aid on the grounds of capital that is in practice 'trapped'. The court found the Legal Aid Agency has discretion over whether legal aid should be granted in these cases.  This strategic litigation was brought by Public Law Project (PLP) supported by the Law Society Supreme Court declines to hear transgender man's appeal to be registered as father The SC has decli...