AB v CD Nos1 and 2, FRB v DCA Nos1-4
We acted for the wife in this litigation, spanning six reported judgments in a case where following a fourteen-year marriage, it became apparent that the child of the parties was not in fact the husband’s biological son.
These proceedings included claims in tort for deceit (by misleading the husband into believing the child was his) and with the issue of how and when the child should be given information about their biological father. The later judgments dealt with whether the deceit amounted to conduct that should impact on the financial award and whether Covid amounted to an event that should invalidate the financial orders made. We were successful in defeating the husband’s claims in deceit and in securing for the wife a financial order of £64M.
You can read the full set of judgments below:
- AB v CD & C (No 1) [2019] EWHC 1695 – https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2019/1695.html
- AB v CD & C (No 2) [2019] EWHC 2244 – https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2019/2244.html
- FRB v DCA (No 1) [2019] EWHC 2816 – https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2019/2816.html
- FRB v DCA (No 2) [2020] EWHC 754 – https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2020/754.html
- FRB v DCA (No 3) [2020] EWHC 3696 – https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2020/3696.html
- FRB v DCA (No 4) [2021] 4 WLR 32 – https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2021/116.html&query=(title:(+FRB+))+AND+(title:(+v+))+AND+(title:(+DCA+))+AND+(title:(+(No+))+AND+(title:(+4)+))
The Payne Hicks Beach team was led Baroness Shackleton of Belgravia LVO.
