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GH v H: Charging orders where maintenance payable direct to a child, Judgments Act interest in High Court proceedings, and discretion to disapply CPR fixed costs (England and Wales)

Published on: 27 November 2024

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GH v H [2024] EWHC 2869 (Fam) What are the practical implications of this case?

The decision aids practitioners in ascertaining who has standing to seek a charging order over a debt owed by a third party that flows from a financial remedy order, holding that a party to the original proceedings may apply. In spelling out the legal position, it removes what would otherwise be an undesirable situation in which a child would be required to take action against a parent within the broader parental dispute. The judgment further underscores the need for care so that order headings accurately identify the court seised of the matter. Because the bundle contained inconsistent captions—some describing the High Court and some the Family Court—the judge paused twice to consider whether his order on interest had in fact been correctly made. In the end, the wife was entitled to interest on maintenance arrears at 8% only by virtue of the Judgments Act 1838, and that statutory rate is engaged only where the proceedings are before the Family Division of the High Court. This therefore confirms who may bring the application...

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