Lauriane de Campos Braciforte v Jennifer Williams

Lauriane de Campos Braciforte v Jennifer Williams

The judge was entitled to accept the Claimant's evidence regarding the inaccessibility of the Brazilian bank account and to find that any breach of the disclosure order was minor; the Claimant was not debarred from asserting impecuniosity, and the substantive finding of impecuniosity was within the judge's discretion.

Parties
Claimant/respondent: Lauriane De Campos Braciforte; Defendant/appellant: Jennifer Williams
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
02 September 2026
Procedural Posture
Appeal / Judgment
Outcome
Appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Credit Hire, Impecuniosity, Disclosure, Relief From Sanction

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Parties

Lauriane De Campos Braciforte

Claimant/respondent

Jennifer Williams

Defendant/appellant

Procedural Posture

Appeal / Judgment

  1. 1 Whether the Claimant should be debarred from asserting impecuniosity due to non-disclosure of a foreign bank account
  2. 2 Whether the Claimant was impecunious at the material time
  3. 3 Whether the judge erred in accepting the Claimant's explanation regarding account accessibility

Ratio Decidendi

The judge was entitled to accept the Claimant's evidence regarding the inaccessibility of the Brazilian bank account and to find that any breach of the disclosure order was minor; the Claimant was not debarred from asserting impecuniosity, and the substantive finding of impecuniosity was within the judge's discretion.

Court Disposition

Appeal dismissed

Orders

  • Judgment sum affirmed
  • Parties invited to agree terms of consequential orders