Case No. FD20F00034-and-FD19P00380
Family Court

Case No. FD20F00034-and-FD19P00380

Fecha: 19-Nov-2021

The parties’ Case Summaries

42. Both parties filed comprehensive and detailed Case Summaries. In the summary prepared on behalf of HRH, I was reminded that the budgets approved for the use of HRH and the children in 2018 and 2019 were, respectively AED 322.6 million and AED 349.9 million. It was said that the current payments made for security pursuant to the interim orders involved very restricted movement by the family due to the Covid-19 restrictions. HH’s proposals include no provision for foreign travel. He has not filed any counter evidence. HRH accepts that she will not be able to compel the return of any assets, such as the Derby winner, New Approach, so she seeks payments in lieu. Restoring the children’s allowances would make their futures a little less threatened and uncertain. There has been no misuse of funds by HRH. She was a caretaker and manager of the family finances, including her own expenditure, to the best of her ability. Indeed, during the trial, it emerged that the cost of HRH’s home near Kensington Palace had been paid from the children’s funds. She added that, in so far as there had been personal spending from those funds on her own account, it was less than her notional 1/3 rd of the total. There had been no strict demarcation, hence the reason that Jalila had received so much more. Turning to capitalisation, she argued that it was impossible for HH to claim that he was more trustworthy than her. Capitalisation would avoid endless further applications as well as huge stress and worry for HRH. 43. HH’s Case Summary complains that this is, in truth, a disguised claim for HRH under the guise of a claim for the children. It is said that the proposals are complicated; excessive; legally unprincipled and unprecedented. I am asked how I could possibly predict what the position will be in 2098. The capital payment sought for the children of £256 million is wrong in principle and contrary to authority. Reference is made to the recent Supreme Court case of