Thorpe J said: ‘It has never been the custom in ancillary relief litigation to look with scrupulous care at the budget items of the prospective payer. Of course, it is incumbent on the judge to cross check to ensure that the adjudication that meets the applicant’s needs is an adjudication which the respondent can afford. But that essential task the judge specifically performed as is plain from the passage which I have already cited.’
Judges:
Thorpe J
Citations:
[1988] 1 FLR 828
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – McFarlane v McFarlane; Parlour v Parlour CA 7-Jul-2004
Appeals were made against orders for periodical payments made against high earning husbands. The argument was that if the case of White had decided that capital should be distributed equally, the same should apply also to income.
Held: The . .
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Family
Updated: 30 April 2022; Ref: scu.198586
