Ancillary Relief

Christina Morris is a specialist in all aspects of ancillary relief and has experience at all levels of court and in all types of case. She has particular expertise in cases involving pensions, companies and company accounts, and bankruptcy.

Other areas of Christina’s work include the property and financial rights of unmarried couples and children and applications pursuant to s14 Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act and Schedule 1 Children Act. She also has expertise in Inheritance Act cases.

Christina presents seminars on pensions and trusts to the legal profession and advises and contributes to training videos for Television Education Network.

W v W (Ancillary Relief: Practice) [2000] Fam Law 473
Substantial proceedings for ancillary relief – Procedure for assembling evidence in event of failure of FDR.

M v B (Ancillary Proceedings: Lump Sum) [1998] 1 FLR 53
This is the leading case for the proposition that a financial settlement or order should be so structured as to ensure that both husband and wife have a property where they can reside with or have contact with their children. To achieve that end there should be some stretching of the available funds and some risk- taking. Further Thorpe LJ found that when considering housing needs it was relevant under MCA s.25 to look at whether one or other of the parties would be able to defer paying their costs through the statutory charge.