Family Law · The Family Court
TH v AR & Anor (No. 2: Financial Remedies)
Checked against the judgment on 14 September 2026 · how we verify
Facts
H, aged 85, and W, aged 52, both dual British and Russian citizens, married in Moscow on 4 August 2000 and separated in December 2024/January 2025 after a 24-year marriage; there are two adult children. W issued her divorce order application on 28 March 2025, the Conditional Order following on 7 October 2025 and the Final Order on 20 November 2025. H issued his Form A on 12 June 2025 and, in July 2025, a Notice to Show Cause seeking to hold W to a Memorandum of Understanding signed on 1 March 2025, which he later abandoned once several assets he was to retain had been sold. W's father, KK, was joined as second respondent by order of Peel J dated 9 October 2025, H alleging that Russian assets held in the father's name — two flats at BL with parking spaces, land in the Odintsovo region, a room at 5BL, a Moscow building and the shares in the Cypriot Company CD, which owned the Russian company holding a Moscow shopping centre — were held as nominee for the parties. Deputy District Judge Handa refused a freezing order on 8 August 2025; Peel J granted one on 9 October 2025 after further sales. W and her father breached numerous orders and were debarred; neither attended the five-day final hearing.
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