Divorce

Joy-Morancho v Joy [2017] EWHC 2086 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 54 (Aug)

The husband’s application for variation of the periodical payments, at an annual rate of £120,000, was refused. The Family Division held that the husband was bound by the previous conclusion that he had conducted an elaborate charade in order to disguise his true financial situation in terms of assets and earning potential.

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Divorce

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

Cripps—Radius Law