In Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26, the Supreme Court has offered timely and much-needed clarification on the operation of the sharing principle in financial remedy cases, particularly in relation to the matrimonialisation of non-matrimonial property. For practitioners, this is now essential reading. The case centred around the husband’s transfer of £77.8 million to the […]
Ashley Murray, retired family law barrister, provides a breakdown of the 2025 judgment in Standish v Standish, offering expert insight into its implications for financial remedies on divorce
In his latest financial remedies update, Ashley Murray examines the Law Commissions most recent report titled ‘Financial Remedies on Divorce and Dissolution’ and provides commentary on the proposed reform models and a discussion of Chapter 7 of the report regarding nuptial agreements.
This article from Ashley Murray is the latest in his financial remedies update series and provides a critical analysis of the current legal landscape regarding pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. In this edition Murray traces the judicial reasoning from the landmark decision in Radmacher v Granatino [2010] to more recent interpretations, including Brack v Brack [2018], highlighting shifts in emphasis from autonomy to fairness.
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