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Family-law [2026] EWCA Civ 582

Kanabar v Kanabar

Kanabar v Kanabar [2026] EWCA Civ 582 (15 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal held that a financial remedy appeal could not proceed without a personal representative for the deceased appellant's estate, and restored the district judge's order.

  • Financial-remedies-on-divorce
  • Appeal-procedure-after-death-of-party
  • Beneficial-ownership-of-property
  • Jurisdiction-after-death
  • Intestacy
  • Letters-of-administration
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Family-law

Sonal Kanabar v Dipak Maganal Kanabar (Deceased) & Anor

The Court of Appeal held that a financial remedy appeal could not proceed without a legal representative for the deceased appellant’s estate, and restored the district judge’s order.

  • Financial-remedies-on-divorce
  • Appeal-procedure
  • Effect-of-death-on-proceedings
  • Intestacy
  • Beneficial-ownership-of-property
  • Financial-remedies
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Civil-procedure [2026] EWHC 1041 (Ch)

Zhuravleva v Kamalova

Zhuravleva v Kamalova [2026] EWHC 1041 (Ch) (11 May 2026)

The High Court held that service on the defendant in Spain was valid, rejected objections about translations and email service, and found no limitation bar.

  • Service-out-of-jurisdiction
  • Enforcement-of-tribunal-decision
  • Beneficial-ownership
  • Limitation
  • Civil-restraint-orders
  • Hague-service-convention
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Property-law

Ashley Peters v Mary Joseph

High Court appeal in a property ownership dispute admitted fresh evidence, set aside the forgery finding on the trust deed, and remitted the case for retrial.

  • Beneficial-ownership
  • Joint-tenancy-vs-tenancy-in-common
  • Forgery-allegations
  • Admission-of-fresh-evidence-on-appeal
  • Procedural-irregularity
  • Severance-of-joint-tenancy
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Insolvency [2026] EWHC 759 (Ch)

Bhattacharya & Anor v Robert Armstrong & Anor

Bhattacharya & Anor v Robert Armstrong & Anor [2026] EWHC 759 (Ch) (30 March 2026)

The High Court refused daughters’ bid to set aside an insolvency declaration over property ownership, finding no real prospect of success and holding the application abusive.

  • Res-judicata
  • Abuse-of-process
  • Constructive-trust
  • Resulting-trust
  • Beneficial-ownership
  • Joinder-of-parties
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Property-law

Anne Morag Fotheringhame v Antony David Nelson

Appeal about beneficial shares in a cohabiting couple’s home. The High Court upheld a 80.7%/19.3% division and dismissed challenges to the judge’s weighting of post-separation payments.

  • Cohabitation
  • Beneficial-ownership
  • Imputation-of-intention
  • Quantification-of-shares
  • Child-maintenance
  • Evaluative-judgment
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Property-law [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch)

Fotheringhame v Nelson

Fotheringhame v Nelson [2026] EWHC 632 (Ch) (27 March 2026)

Appeal dismissed in a cohabitee property dispute. The court upheld the trial judge’s 80.7/19.3 beneficial shares and found no material error in the weighing of evidence.

  • Beneficial-ownership
  • Imputed-intention
  • Cohabitation
  • Trusts-of-land-and-appointment-of-trustees-act-1996
  • Quantification-of-beneficial-interests
  • Child-maintenance-and-property-shares
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Property-law

Hui Zeng v Chunjing Tan

The tribunal dismissed a mother’s land registration applications, finding the properties were gifts to her daughter and that the presumption of advancement was not rebutted.

  • Resulting-trust
  • Presumption-of-advancement
  • Beneficial-ownership
  • Land-registration
  • Gifts
  • Gift
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