J v C (Child: Financial Provision) [1999] 1 FLR 152

Schedule 1: Welfare widely construed

Rebekah King and Emma Whitehead discuss the approach to liabilities and childcare costs in high-net-worth Sch 1 cases In the context of a Sch 1 application claw-back orders as to costs are unusual, but are eminently within the discretion of the judge in the circumstances of the case. In G v W [2022], the key …

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Schedule 1: Outside the lines?

Jemma Pollock examines the decision in DN v UD and asks whether the boundaries for when provision may be made for a child age 18 or over have been pushed too far The court concluded that if an application under Sch 1 is made before the child is 18, the court acquires jurisdiction and retains …

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Schedule 1: Relocation, relocation

Shantel Burbridge analyses the court’s approach to a Schedule 1 case in which the applicant sought a replacement property for the benefit of the children ‘The court found that the replacement of one property by another does not amount to a new settlement of property, rather it is simply the substitution of one property for …

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Children Act 1989, Schedule 1: The cost of childcare

Rebecca Tarn sets out best practice for a successful Schedule 1 Children Act 1989 claim There appears to be some recognition that given that provision for a child only lasts during their dependency (at which time any property adjustment or settlement will revert to the respondent), the applicant should not be prohibited from making some …

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