Case No. EWFC-75

I will examine the trust claims shortly and in detail. I have already stated my conclusion that they fail. I wish to record now where that leaves the husband. I find that his income is much higher than he has admitted. For much of the time he has been paid his wage in the sum that I have stated (about £18,500 p.a. currently). In addition he has been taking at least £2,000 p.m. from the business up to the start of the pandemic. That would leave him with a combined income of £24,000 + £18,500 = £42,500 p.a. Since the beginning of the pandemic there is a lack of evidence about what he has been taking out of the business. Having seen the accounts (as I set out later) I do not see why he should not have continued at least that level of drawing from the business. The poor quality of his evidence makes that the best that I am able to say about his income.110.In addition, the husband will remain in control, with his brother Almas, of the business. He will have the continuing rent free accommodation at 50-52 High St and the support of family and colleagues in relation to any temporary accommodation needs. He will bear none of the wife’s responsibilities for the children and will only be paying the limited amount of child maintenance that I have recorded. 111.