Legendary Cases: Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24
Full judgment here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldjudgmt/jd060524/mill-1.htm Miller;McFarlane is the second of two colossuses (the other being White v White) in whose ample shadows financial remedies disputes continue to be fought to this day. In White, Lord Nicholls established the “yardstick of equal division”, saying that “As a general guide, equality should be departed from only if, and […]
Legendary Cases: White v White [2001] 1 AC 596
Full judgment here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199900/ldjudgmt/jd001026/white-1.htm White v White is the big daddy. A decision of the House of Lords, the most senior court in the UK, it transformed financial remedies disputes. Before White, the courts had concerned themselves with calculating, and trying to meet, an applicant’s “reasonable requirements”. That was the extent of your claim. White […]