Case No. EWFC-136

sharing of 50% of net receipts as and when they are paid out. She seeks 59.6% of the Husband’s A Bank Directors’ pension scheme to achieve equality of income. I believe the higher figure is as a result of wishing to take the pension immediately to mitigate the LTA tax. She also sought a lump sum of £310,000 to cover her tax on the basis that the transfer will be in excess of the LTA. Slightly surprisingly, she seeks a lump sum of £100,000 to compensate her for the Husband having “excluded her” from the jointly owned properties following the breakdown of the marriage. In relation to C, she asked for £63,696 per annum by way of periodical payments, following a CMS maximum assessment of £15,288 per annum. Finally, she agreed with the Husband’s suggestion that £100,000 be paid into a pension on behalf of the family’s long serving housekeeper, Ms D. 28.The Husband’s Open Offer was made on 25 October 2021. At the time, he was acting in person. His case was that the Marriage Contract prevented sharing. The Wife’s claim should therefore be dealt with on the basis of her needs. He proposed a total award, including the Wife’s own assets, of £7,000,000. She would receive half of the net proceeds of sale of the two English properties and a lump sum which, at the time, he calculated at £2.5 million. As the two English properties have sold for more than the valuations on which he calculated this lump sum, he has since revised the lump sum downwards to £2.33 million.