thomas j thickett

thomas j thickett

V v V [2024] EWFC 380 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/380 HHJ Booth. Appeal from a final order in a modest asset case, in which the court was tasked with balancing the needs of a party suffering from a serious disability and the needs of the primary carer of the children of

Ma v Roux: Yes, You Can Strike Out a Set Aside Application

Ma v Roux: Yes, You Can Strike Out a Set Aside Application

This is a response to the FRJ blog post by Nicholas Allen KC and Philip Tait, ‘Ma v Roux: Can You Strike Out a Set Aside Application?’ (25 September 2024), which posed the question as to whether the court is empowered to strike out an application to set aside a

WW v XX [2024] EWFC 330 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/330 HHJ Hess. Final hearing involving valuation and matrimonial nature of business. Husband (52) and Wife (38) cohabited from 2010, married in September 2017 and separated in Spring 2022. The length of marriage was therefore 11.5 years. Computation There were several

KV v KV [2024] EWFC 165

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2024/165 Peel J. Application by W for (i) Maintenance Pending Suit (MPS) pursuant to s 22 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and (ii) a Legal Services Payment Order (LSPO) pursuant to s 22ZA of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973. The parties began

Watch | Conduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings

Watch | Conduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wP8hF87RQeWik2gO5y9ZkQ#/registration Watch the recording of 'Conduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings' first broadcast on Tuesday 7th January 2025 with speakers Samantha Hillas KC, Nicholas Allen KC (29BR), Nichola Gray KC (1HC), Anita Mehta (4PB), Emma Hitchings (University of Bristol) and Christine

The Lord Chancellor v 79 Divorced Couples: A Pirate’s Tale

The Lord Chancellor v 79 Divorced Couples: A Pirate’s Tale

At the end of term, the High Court handed down judgment in a challenging case, whose solution lay in the application of a much-forgotten 53-year-old judgment of the ‘pirate-like’ Sir Jocelyn Simon P to seemingly irresolvable issues caused by errors in the digitalisation of the divorce process. Digitalisation Taking a

Dickason v Dickason [2024] EWFC 285 (B)

https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/285 HHJ Sweeney. H was a serial ‘non-attender’. In December 2021, H failed to attend the final hearing listed in the financial remedies proceedings. H had failed to comply with any directions made in advance of the hearing. A few days before