White v White
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Judge | LORD NICHOLLS OF BIRKENHEAD,LORD HOFFMANN,LORD COOKE OF THORNDON,LORD HOPE OFCRAIGHEAD,LORD HUTTON |
| Judgment Date | 26 October 2000 |
| Judgment citation (vLex) | [2000] UKHL J1026-3 |
| Date | 26 October 2000 |
| Court | House of Lords |
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810 cases
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K (M) v P (J) (Orse K (S))
...M.K. Applicant/Respondent and J.P. (otherwise) S.K. Respondent/Appellant Citations: FAMILY LAW (DIVORCE) ACT 1996 S20(3) WHITE V WHITE 2000 3 WLR 1571 FAMILY LAW (DIVORCE) ACT 1996 S20(2)(a)(1) FAMILY LAW (DIVORCE) ACT 1996 S20(2) D (J) V D (D) 1997 3 IR 64 FAMILY LAW (DIVORCE) ACT 1996 S......
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Cunliffe v Fielden and Others
...proceedings between divorced former spouses, the correct approach for the court to adopt, following the decision of the House of Lords in White v White [2001] 1 AC 596 is to apply the statutory provisions to the facts of the individual case with the objective of achieving a result which is ......
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Map (Petitioner) v Mfp
...contributions of both parties to the marriage have undoubtedly been equal. It was made clear in the seminal House of Lords decision of White v White [2001] 1 AC 596 that there is to be no discrimination in financial remedy cases between the breadwinner and the homemaker, as each, in their r......
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T v T
...there were no continuing dependent children. 45 Counsel for the Respondent referred to the recent English case law of White -v- White [2001] 1 All ER 1, HL. and Cowan -v- Cowan [2001] 2 FLR 1, CA. and submitted that the Court should adopt a test similar to that applied in the case of Cowan ......
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6 firm's commentaries
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Foreign Divorce Proceedings And Its Effect On Cayman Trusts
...of trusts in divorce proceedings has become increasingly important since the landmark decision of the House of Lords in White v White [2001] 1 All ER 1. Since the White decision, there has been an emphasis on the 'equality' of the division of assets rather than providing for the reasonable ......
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British Expats Divorcing In Hong Kong
...value of any benefit (such as a pension) that one party may lose upon divorce. The approach taken by the House of Lords in White v White [2001] 1 AC 596 was approved in Hong Kong in 2010 in case of LKW v DD [2010] HKFLR 016. The principles of LKW v DD are as follows: The Court's primary obj......
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Judge Rules Divorced Wives To Get A Job
Or Perhaps Not?
...titles such as "Get a Job Judge Tells Ex Wife" or "Divorce Laws Should be Tougher on Women". Prior to the seminal case of White v White [2001] 1 AC 596 ancillary relief practice was to provide for the financially weaker party's (usually the wife's) "reasonable needs". In other words, once t......
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Treatment Of Gifts And Heirlooms In A Divorce
...property and financial resources and taken into account when determining the division of assets. In the UK case of White v White [2001] 1 AC 596, which was followed in Hong Kong in LKW v DD, Lord Nicholls explained 'Property acquired before marriage and inherited property acquired during ma......
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18 books & journal articles
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Table of Cases
...Fam Law 286 213 Wellesley v Wellesley (Earl Cowley) [2019] EWHC 11 (Ch), [2019] 1 WLUK 413 162, 192–3 White v White [2000] UKHL 54, [2001] 1 AC 596, [2000] 3 WLR 1571, [2000] 2 FLR 981 146, 149, 175, 190, 210, 211, 212, 214, 219, 220, 221, 222, 230 Whiting v Whiting [1988] 1 WLR 565, [1988]......
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Where the Action Is: Macro and Micro Justice in Contract Law
...n 176 above at [81]; see also WW vHW [2015] EWHC 1844 (Fam).181 See Matr imonial Causes Act 1973, ss 25(1) and (2); White vWhite [2001] 1 AC 596; XW vXH[2017] EWHC 76, [2019] 4 WLR 83; Gray vWor k [2017] EWCA Civ 270, [2018] Fam 35.182 Thorne n 104 above at [65].750 C2020 The Author. The M......
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Basis of the Claim
...fact that the case predates the amended provision of Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, s 25, the decision in White v White [2000] UKHL 54, [2000] 2 FLR 981 and the Duxbury Tables (see Duxbury v Duxbury [1992] Fam 62). In Baker v Baker (Financial Provision: Divorce Comparison) [2008] EWHC 977 (Ch......
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Private Contract or Automatic Court Discretion? Current Trends in Legal Regulation of Permanent Life Partnerships
...ribute equal ly to the family’s succes s, albeit in diffe rent ways The semi nal case in thi s regard is the English ca se White v White [2001] 1 AC 596 See also Radmacher v Granatino [2010] UKSC 42 para 135 where Barones s Hale stresses the “gu iding principles of equ ality and non-disc ri......
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