Housing
: Zoe should be enabled to live in St John’s Wood in a property purchased by the father and settled on Zoe for her childhood, until she has completed tertiary education; the mother now seeks a budget of £4m (net of purchase costs and SDLT5) in this regard, a higher figure than the sum she sought 12 months ago (which she says was proposed following “a broad sweep of properties in the North West London area”). In her December statement she refers to the fact that “the approximate price bracket of living in a suitable property in the St Johns Wood area and surroundings is between £3.8m and £4.25m”. She seeks a lump sum for refurbishment and redecoration of the property (£75,000), and prospective lump sums (2 x £25,000) for future redecoration;ii)
- Approved Judgment
- Introduction
- https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2020/80.html
- https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2021/72.html
- Procedural issues: determination of the application in the absence of the father
- General legal principles
- constant influence on the discretionary outcome
- support and also protection against adult irresponsibility and selfishness
- may be checked but not diminished by the absence of any direct claim in law
- Background history
- Zoe’s health and development
- The mother’s case
- The father’s case
- Housing
- Moving fund
- HECSA
- Nursery/schooling
- Debts
- Medical / health insurance
- Therapies
- Flights to/from USA
- Costs
- Capitalisation of the award as a prelude to enforcement
- The order
- Appendix
