Charles Richard Pantridge Monteith v Rosmund Elizabeth Evans
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Gillen J |
| Judgment Date | 20 October 2006 |
| Neutral Citation | [2006] NIFam 12 |
| Court | Family Division (Northern Ireland) |
| Date | 20 October 2006 |
| Year | 2006 |
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Neutral Citation No. [2006] NIFam 12 Ref:
GILF5676
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered:
20/10/2006
(subject to editorial corrections)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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FAMILY DIVISION
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BETWEEN:
CHARLES RICHARD PANTRIDGE MONTEITH
Petitioner;
-and-
ROSMUND ELIZABETH EVANS
Respondent.
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GILLEN J
[1] This matter concerns an interlocutory application for disclosure in the
course of a claim for ancillary relief by the respondent who seeks a financial
provision order pursuant to Article 29 of the Matrimonial Causes (NI) Order
1978 as amended. This substantive hearing has been fixed for determination
in the near future and the usual affidavits exchanged.Due to the imminence
of this hearing I gave a brief ex tempore judgment on the day of hearing and
as is my practice in other cases I am now setting out my reasons in writing .
For the purposes of the current application it is sufficient to say that whilst
there are a number of capital assets in dispute they are not relevant to this
application save for furniture in the former matrimonial home. In addition
the earnings of the petitioner as a solicitor will be an important matter in
determining any award of income to the respondent in the course of the
proceedings.
[2] Disclosure has been a vexed area of dispute between the parties.The
respondent has served a questionnaire upon the petitioner dated 25 August
2006 to which the petitioner replied dated 21 September 2006. The
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