VTY v GDB
| Judge | (In Private) |
| Neutral Citation | [2025] EWFC 110 (B) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Court | Family Court |
| Counsel | Ms Madhavi Kabra |
| Date | 24 April 2025 |
IMPORTANT NOTICE
This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the
judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in
any published version of the judgment the anonymity of any child and members of their family
must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media and legal
bloggers, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Unauthorised publication of
the judgment will be a contempt of court. The names of the parties and any children must not be
disclosed in public without the court’s permission
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Neutral Citation: [2025] EWFC 110 (B)
Case Number 1697-1965-4871-2241
IN THE FAMILY COURT
SITTING AT THE CENTRAL FAMILY COURT
The Central Family Court
First Avenue House
42 – 49 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6NP
Date: 24 April 2025
Before:
RECORDER RHYS TAYLOR
(In Private)
Between:
VTY
Applicant
-and-
GDB
Respondent
Hearing dates 11 March 2025 – 14 March 2025
This judgment was handed down remotely on the 24 April 2025 at 3pm by circulation to the
parties or their legal representatives by email and by release to the National Archives
JUDGMENT
Ms Madhavi Kabra (instructed by Sears Tooth) appeared for the Applicant
Mr Amiot Vollenweider (instructed via The Bar Council Public Access Scheme)
appeared for the Respondent
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Contents
Introduction..............................................................................................................................4
Representation..........................................................................................................................5
Background...............................................................................................................................5
Procedural history....................................................................................................................7
My impression of the parties and witnesses.........................................................................10
The law....................................................................................................................................17
Factual issues in dispute which go to computation.............................................................25
The Farm.................................................................................................................................27
Missing sale proceeds from the sale of apartment in Country Y.......................................35
The husband’s alleged ownership of a company in Country Z.........................................38
Does the husband have an interest in a company in Country X?......................................39
AudioBoom Group PLC and/or Tap Global Group PLC..................................................40
Does the husband have other undisclosed assets?...............................................................40
The husband’s alleged loans..................................................................................................41
The wife’s chattels..................................................................................................................43
The wife’s bank account........................................................................................................44
Offers.......................................................................................................................................45
Issues of evaluation which the court must undertake.........................................................47
The parties’ housing needs....................................................................................................49
The parties’ mortgage capacities..........................................................................................51
What are the parties’ reasonable outgoings?......................................................................51
Whether the youngest child should complete their education in a public school.............52
Whether either party has a new partner who would be relevant to these proceedings...53
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The court’s award..................................................................................................................53
Costs........................................................................................................................................56
Publication and publicity.......................................................................................................58
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