Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30

Nuptial agreements: Keeping it in the family

Anna-Laura Lock and Anisha Patel analyse the courts’ approach to third-party financial support and when the pressure of entering into an agreement may be considered ‘undue’ Peel J noted in WC v HC that the function of the court is to distribute the parties’ resources, rather than the resources of their wider families. In WC …

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Financial remedies: A battle royale

Sophia Leeder outlines the approach to interim orders in a case where a party has delayed in making their application and spent excessively in the meantime, as well as key practice points Where jurisdiction is in dispute, this does not prevent the court from making an interim order, but in MG v GM Peel J …

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Transparency: An open book?

David Wilkinson argues that the approach of Mostyn J to privacy in financial remedy proceedings in Xanthopoulos overlooks some of the key historical context The thrust of Mostyn J’s argument in Xanthopoulos was that sitting in chambers or in private (as the case may be) has never resulted, and was never intended to result, in …

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