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Wyatt v Vince

Hearings

England & Wales

08 May 2013 [2013] EWCA Civ 495; [2013] 1 WLR 3525; [2014] 1 FLR 246; [2013] 3 FCR 1; [2013] WLR (D) 166; [2013] Fam Law 1126, CA (Thorpe, Jackson, Tomlinson LJJ)

05 Dec 2013 (appn all) [2014] 1 WLR 443, SC(E)

11 Mar 2015 (Nos 1 and 2) [2015] UKSC 14; [2015] 1 WLR 1228; [2015] 2 All ER 755; [2015] 1 FLR 972; [2015] 1 FCR 566; [2015] WLR (D) 124; 165 NLJ 7645; The Times, 25 March 2015; Case details, SC(E) (Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, Lord Wilson, Lord Hughes, Lord Hodge JJSC)

Subject Matter

PRACTICE — Family proceedings — Power to strike out statement of case — Whether to be applied in same way as equivalent power in civil proceedings — Whether claim for financial provision brought years after divorce to be struck out as abuse of court’s process — FPR r 4.4(1)

[2013] EWCA Civ 495; [2013] 1 WLR 3525; [2014] 1 FLR 246; [2013] 3 FCR 1; [2013] WLR (D) 166; [2013] Fam Law 1126, CA

PRACTICE — Family proceedings — Power to strike out statement of case — Financial provision claimed by wife years after divorce — Whether power to strike out to be applied in same way as equivalent power in civil proceedings — Whether claim to be struck out — FPRr 4.4(1); Practice Direction supplementing Pt 4, para 2.4

[2015] UKSC 14; [2015] 1 WLR 1228; [2015] 2 All ER 755; [2015] 1 FLR 972; [2015] 1 FCR 566; [2015] WLR (D) 124; 165 NLJ 7645; The Times, 25 March 2015; Case details, SC(E)

PRACTICE — Husband and wife — Maintenance pending suit — Wife’s application for financial order — Judge ordering husband to make payments to wife to fund application — Husband seeking repayment — Whether repayment appropriate

[2015] UKSC 14; [2015] 1 WLR 1228; [2015] 2 All ER 755; [2015] 1 FLR 972; [2015] 1 FCR 566; [2015] WLR (D) 124; 165 NLJ 7645; The Times, 25 March 2015; Case details, SC(E)

Appellate History

Wyatt v Vince (No 2) [2013] EWCA Civ 934; [2014] 1 FLR 399; [2013] CN 891, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14; [2015] 1 WLR 1228; [2015] 2 All ER 755; [2015] 1 FLR 972; [2015] 1 FCR 566; [2015] WLR (D) 124; 165 NLJ 7645; The Times, 25 March 2015; Case details, SC(E)

Wyatt v Vince [2013] EWCA Civ 495; [2013] 1 WLR 3525; [2014] 1 FLR 246; [2013] 3 FCR 1; [2013] WLR (D) 166; [2013] Fam Law 1126, CA

Decision of the Court of Appeal reversed

Wyatt v Vince [2015] UKSC 14; [2015] 1 WLR 1228; [2015] 2 All ER 755; [2015] 1 FLR 972; [2015] 1 FCR 566; [2015] WLR (D) 124; 165 NLJ 7645; The Times, 25 March 2015; Case details, SC(E)

Commentary

New Law Journal
Time to reflect? 165 NLJ 7645, p6

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