A client came to us needing continued legal funding after the breakdown of her marriage in November 2024. She was the sole primary carer of the couple’s child and the sole owner and mortgage holder of the former matrimonial home. Her former husband was subject to an Occupation Order and Non-Molestation Order, both remaining in force well beyond the case’s conclusion.
Challenge
Her former husband had brought financial remedy proceedings, seeking a lump sum, a property adjustment order, and a pension sharing order. He also registered a Matrimonial Home Rights Notice against the property she owned outright.
The case progressed towards a final determination, but that wasn’t the end of it. There was still a fair amount of legal work to implement and enforce the final order, including the sale of the former matrimonial home. Her former husband then issued separate implementation and enforcement proceedings, meaning she had to keep instructing her legal team and covering costs well past the point most people would expect a case to close.
Solution
We provided funding to cover both stages of the case: continuing to pursue and defend the financial remedy proceedings, and meeting the costs of enforcing the final order once it was made. This gave her uninterrupted access to legal representation throughout, rather than facing a gap in funding at the exact point her former husband’s proceedings required her to respond.
Outcome
With funding in place, she was able to keep her legal team instructed through every stage, from the original proceedings through to enforcement of the final order. As enforcement dragged on longer than expected, we increased the facility twice at her request, financing both extensions so she was never left without representation while defending her position. The matter progressed to resolution despite continued litigation from her former husband.
This case reflects why our funding doesn’t stop at the final hearing. Financial remedy proceedings can generate significant legal costs well after a final order is made, and clients shouldn’t be left to fund enforcement alone, even when costs run higher than first anticipated.
We work closely with leading family law firms across the UK to fund clients through financial remedy proceedings, from the first hearing through to enforcement of a final order.
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