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Phillips v Peace (Family Division) [2005] 1 WLR 3246
Financial provision - Jurisdiction - Court ordering father to make settlement of property for benefit of child - Mother subsequently applying for transfer of property order with respect to same child - Whether jurisdiction to make order - Whether jurisdiction to increase settlement by awarding lump sum - Children Act 1989 (c 41), Sch. 1, para 1(5)(b)
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Financial provision - Jurisdiction - Court ordering father to make settlement of property for benefit of child - Mother subsequently applying for transfer of property order with respect to same child - Whether jurisdiction to make order - Whether jurisdiction to increase settlement by awarding lump sum - Children Act 1989 (c 41), Sch. 1, para 1(5)(b)
1kbw barristers acted successfully for the respondent in the mother’s application for a settlement of property under Schedule 1 Children Act 1989. The parties were never married. The previous case is reported as Phillips v Peace [1996] 2 FLR 230. The respondent applied to strike out the application in so far as it concerned a second settlement or transfer of property. The application by the mother was dismissed with the applicant ordered to pay the respondent’s costs.
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