Brooks v Brooks

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date29 June 1995
Date29 June 1995
CourtHouse of Lords

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    • Family Division
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  • Clayton v Clayton
    • New Zealand
    • Court of Appeal
    • 26 February 2015
    ...v Ward, above n 88. 137 Citing Ward v Ward, above n 88; Kidd v van den Brink [2010] NZCA 169; Kennon v Spry, above n 108; Brooks v Brooks [1996] AC 375 (HL) at 391; and Lort-Williams v Lort-Williams [1951] P 395 (CA) at 403 per Denning 138 At [143]. 139 At [143]. 140 Ward v Ward , above n 8......
  • F.J.W.T.-M. v C.N.R.T.-M.
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 22 June 2004
    ...Brooks v. Brooks [1993] Fam. 322; [1993] 3 W.L.R. 548; [1993] 4 All E.R. 917 (H.C); [1994] 3 W.L.R. 1292; [1994] 4 All E.R. 1065 (C.A.); [1996] A.C. 375; [1995] 3 W.L.R. 141; [1995] 3 All E.R. 257 (H.L). C.F. v. J.D.F. (Unreported, High Court, O'Sullivan J., 16th May, 2002). Chaine-Nickson ......
  • ZU v LT
    • United Kingdom
    • Family Division
    • 1 January 2024
    ...3501 (Fam) Birch v Birch [2017] UKSC 53; [2017] 1 WLR 2959; [2018] 1 All ER 108; [2017] 2 FLR 1031, SC(E) Brooks v Brooks [1996] AC 375; [1995] 3 WLR 141; [1995] 3 All ER 257; [1995] 2 FLR 13, HL(E) CH v WH (Financial Provision: Approval of Consent Order) [2017] EWHC 2379 (Fam); [2017] 4 WL......
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  • Powers of the Court to Make Orders
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Inheritance Act Claims 4th ed
    • 14 August 2023
    ...interests of married people and their children’. The term ‘settlement’, in most cases, has been given a wide meaning. In Brooks v Brooks [1995] 2 FLR 13, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead said: The authorities have consistently given a wide meaning to settlement in this context, and they have spe......
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill A Practitioner's Guide to Inheritance Act Claims 4th ed
    • 14 August 2023
    ...Brindley v Brindley [2018] EWHC 157 (Ch), [2018] 2 WLUK 199 283 xviii A Practitioner’s Guide to Inheritance Act Claims Brooks v Brooks [1996] 1 AC 375, [1995] 3 WLR 141, [1995] 3 All ER 257, [1995] 2 FLR 13, HL 248, 250, 252 Budd v Fowler [1999] CLY 4635, [1998] 12 WLUK 72, Peterborough Cty......