AGS v RKS

AGS v RKS

AGS has not provided full and frank disclosure of his financial circumstances and business interests, faces substantial hurdles in establishing any substantive claim to matrimonial property or need, and the impact on RKS of making a LSPO would be unfair. Accordingly, the application for a LSPO is refused.

Parties
Applicant: AGS; Respondent: RKS
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
13 May 2026
Procedural Posture
Financial Remedy / Family Law / Interim Application for Maintenance Pending Suit (mps) and Legal Services Payment Order (lspo)
Outcome
Application for legal services payment order refused
Legal Topics
Maintenance Pending Suit, Legal Services Payment Order, Proceeds of Crime Act, Disclosure, Matrimonial Property
Family Law Criminal Law Maintenance Pending Suit Legal Services Payment Order Proceeds of Crime Act Disclosure Matrimonial Property

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Parties

AGS

Applicant

RKS

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Financial Remedy / Family Law / Interim Application for Maintenance Pending Suit (mps) and Legal Services Payment Order (lspo)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the applicant (AGS) is entitled to a legal services payment order (LSPO) to fund litigation for maintenance pending suit (MPS) and further LSPO applications
  2. 2 Whether AGS has provided full and frank disclosure of his financial circumstances
  3. 3 Whether any matrimonial property exists post-divorce given the effect of the Proceeds of Crime Act order and the parties' separation

Ratio Decidendi

AGS has not provided full and frank disclosure of his financial circumstances and business interests, faces substantial hurdles in establishing any substantive claim to matrimonial property or need, and the impact on RKS of making a LSPO would be unfair. Accordingly, the application for a LSPO is refused.

Court Disposition

Application for legal services payment order refused

Orders

  • Application for LSPO refused
  • Submissions on costs invited from both parties by 13th April 2026