The WLR Daily case summaries
[2017] WLR (D) 585
Court of Appeal
Hart v Hart
[2017] EWCA Civ 1306
2017 May 11;
Aug 31
Lloyd Jones, Beatson, Moylan LJJ
Marriage — Divorce — Financial provision — Identification of assets — “Non-matrimonial property” — Build-up of husband’s assets in decades prior to marriage — Judge awarding wife over one third of capital assets following parties’ separation in financial remedies order — Whether equal division of assets appropriate — Guidelines on court’s approach to non-matrimonial and matrimonial property when applying principle of sharing —
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c 18), s 25(2) (as substituted by Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (c 42), s 3)