HJC and MCC
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Master Sweeney |
| Judgment Date | 08 November 2018 |
| Neutral Citation | [2018] NIMaster 12 |
| Court | High Court (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 08 November 2018 |
Neutral Citation No: [2018] NIMaster 12
Ref: 2018NIMaster12
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down
Delivered: 8/11/18
(subject to editorial corrections)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND
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FAMILY DIVISION
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BETWEEN:
HJC
Petitioner
and
MCC
Respondent
(Valuation Hearing)
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MASTER SWEENEY
[1] The parties are invited to consider this judgment and unless they inform the Matrimonial
Office in writing within two weeks as to whether there is any reason why the judgment should not
be published on the Court Service website, or whether furthe r anonymization is required before
publication, then the judgment will be published in its pres ent form.
[2] This case came before me for a Valuation Hearing on Friday 26th October 2018 and was
adjourned for judgment today. It has been listed for Financial Dispute Resolution Hearing on
29th November 2018 at 11.00 a.m.
[3] The Valuation Hearing related to the parties’ former matrimonial home situate in Shaw’s
Bridge comprising of the main house, currently occupied by the Petitioner/Wife and an attached
annex, currently occupied by the Petitione r’s mother. The main house and annex are locate d on a
site of around 1.110 acres with private landscaped gardens.
Valuations in general
[4] For many years it has been regarded as good practice in the ancillary relief court for the
parties to make every effort to try to agree a single joint expert to value property in dispute. This is
because of the potential for an escalation in costs and hostility to no purposeful end. In the context
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