Ancillary relief – substantial assets – application by the respondent wife in relation to an appeal by the appellant husband from a judgment and order in ancillary relief proceedings. The judge ordered the husband to pay pounds 40 million to the wife which, when added to almost pounds 8 million of assets held by her, made overall capital provision for the wife of pounds 48 million, which sum amounted to pounds 37 million of the total assets available which the judge held amounted to pounds 131 million.
Citations:
[2006] EWCA Civ 1791, [2007] 1 FLR 1237
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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See Also – Charman v Charman CA 20-Dec-2005
The court considered orders to third parties abroad to produce docments for use in ancillary relief proceedings. The husband had built up considerable assets within an offshore discretionary trust. The court was asked whether these were family . .
Appeal from – Charman v Charman (No 2) FD 27-Jul-2006
Ancillary relief claim – very substantial assets. The court provided for a possible substantial debt by a reverse contingent lump sum. . .
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See Also – Charman v Charman (No 4) CA 24-May-2007
The court considered what property should be considered in an ancillary relief claim on divorce, and said: ‘To what property does the sharing principle apply? The answer might well have been that it applies only to matrimonial property, namely the . .
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Family
Updated: 21 October 2022; Ref: scu.249098
