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Family-law [2026] EWFC 35 (B)

Y v X (Costs)

Y v X (Costs) [2026] EWFC 35 (B) (11 February 2026)

Costs judgment in private child arrangements proceedings. The court disallowed some of the mother’s solicitors’ costs and made a limited wasted costs award against them.

  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
  • Wasted-costs-orders
  • Unreasonable-conduct
  • Compliance-with-court-orders
  • Preparation-of-bundles-and-statements
  • Family-procedure
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Family-law [2026] EWFC 24 (B)

TM v GL

TM v GL [2026] EWFC 24 (B) (02 February 2026)

The court made a sole lives-with-mother order for Faith, set detailed father-contact conditions tied to stable accommodation, imposed a 12-month s.91(14) bar, and awarded mother costs.

  • Child-arrangements-order
  • Section-91(14)-orders
  • Enforcement-of-orders
  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
  • Section-91-14-order
  • Family-court-costs
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Family-law [2025] EWFC 431

Spencer v Spencer

Spencer v Spencer [2025] EWFC 431 (08 December 2025)

The Family Court limited disclosure of arbitration materials, allowing only specified extracts for the King's Bench proceedings and refusing broader public or media disclosure.

  • Enforcement-of-arbitral-awards
  • Disclosure-of-arbitration-materials
  • Confidentiality-in-arbitration
  • Article-6,-8,-10-echr-rights
  • Media-and-reputation
  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
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Family-law

AB v CD

Private law children case involving domestic abuse findings: the court ordered no contact between father and child, imposed protective orders, and awarded costs to the mother.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Parental-responsibility
  • Prohibited-steps-order
  • Specific-issue-order
  • Non-molestation-order
  • Section-91(14)-children-act-1989
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Family-law [2025] EWFC 398 (B)

AB v CD

AB v CD [2025] EWFC 398 (B) (21 November 2025)

The Family Court held that AB’s conduct, including threats and controlling emails, justified ending all contact with EF, restricting parental responsibility, and extending protective orders.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Domestic-abuse
  • Non-molestation-orders
  • Section-91(14)-children-act-1989
  • Parental-responsibility-restrictions
  • Prohibited-steps-orders
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Family-law [2025] EWFC 493

BL v MK & Ors

BL v MK & Ors [2025] EWFC 493 (03 October 2025)

The Family Court ordered the mother to pay £96,000 toward the father’s costs after finding she pursued extreme and unreasonable allegations of harm and abuse.

  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
  • False-allegations
  • Parental-alienation
  • Domestic-abuse-allegations
  • Family-proceedings-costs
  • Children-proceedings
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Family-law [2025] EWFC 241

Smith v The Lord Chancellor & Anor

Smith v The Lord Chancellor & Anor [2025] EWFC 241 (01 August 2025)

The Family Court held it had no jurisdiction to make a non-party costs order against the Lord Chancellor, dismissing Darren Smith’s application.

  • Non-party-costs-orders
  • Legal-aid
  • Jurisdiction
  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
  • Family-proceedings-costs
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Family-law [2025] EWHC 2135 (Fam)

The Father v The Mother & Ors

The Father v The Mother & Ors [2025] EWHC 2135 (Fam) (30 July 2025)

The High Court refused to reopen a 2021 fact-finding judgment in children proceedings, refused further child arrangements permission, extended a s.91(14) order, and awarded the mother costs.

  • Child-arrangements-order
  • Reopening-findings-of-fact
  • Section-91(14)-children-act-1989
  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
  • Autism-spectrum-disorder-and-litigation
  • Children's-wishes-and-feelings
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Family-law [2025] EWFC 274 (B)

A Mother v A Father (Internal relocation and costs in litigation misconduct)

A Mother v A Father (Internal relocation and costs in litigation misconduct) [2025] EWFC 274 (B) (10 July 2025)

The Family Court permitted a mother to relocate with a nearly two-year-old child to Northumberland, finding her plan better met his welfare needs and was more practical than the father’s opposition.

  • Child-arrangements
  • Internal-relocation
  • Prohibited-steps-order
  • Welfare-of-the-child
  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
  • Child-welfare
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Family-law [2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam)

HA v EN

HA v EN [2025] EWHC 2436 (Fam) (30 April 2025)

The court approved a financial remedy consent order, finding the parties had reached a Xydhias agreement, but made targeted variations for sale-price risk and liabilities.

  • Financial-remedies
  • Consent-orders
  • Pre-nuptial-agreements
  • Variation-of-maintenance-agreements
  • Xydhias-agreements
  • Costs-in-family-proceedings
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