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WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 22

Date:18 MAY 2022

(Family Court, Peel J, 22 March 2022)

Financial remedies – Division of assets – Pre- and post-marital agreements – Family wealth – Inheritance – Summary of general applicable law to financial remedy applications.

The Family Court made a financial remedy order, following the applicant wife’s application.

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This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.

Neutral Citation Number: [2022] EWFC 22 Case No: BV20D0029

IN THE FAMILY COURT

Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

Date: 22 March 2022

Before :

MR JUSTICE PEEL

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Between :

Applicant

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Respondent

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Charles Howard QC and Joshua Viney (instructed by Hughes Fowler Carruthers) for the

Applicant

James Ewins QC and Janine McGuigan (instructed by Stewarts Law) for the Respondent

Hearing dates: 7-11 March 2022

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Approved Judgment

I direct that pursuant to CPR PD 39A para 6.1 no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.

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Judgment: WC v HC (Financial Remedies Agreements) [2022] EWFC 22