W appealed against a financial remedies award achieving equality between herself and H. The marriage had not been a long one and they had no children. W challenged the imposition of an equal sharing principle.
Held: W’s appeal succeeded. Section 25 required the court in every case to look at all the circumstances, and the automatic imposition of a principle of equality was an impermissible judicial gloss on the statute. W’s greater wealth had been generated not from any
Judges:
McFarlane , McCombe , David Richards LJJ
Citations:
[2017] EWCA Civ 408, [2017] WLR(D) 397
Links:
Statutes:
Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 25
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Family
Updated: 27 March 2022; Ref: scu.588203