Helliwell v Entwistle [2025] EWCA Civ 1055

Deborah Bangay KC and Lydia Newman-Saville, instructed by Michael Chapman and Grace Matthews of JMW Solicitors LLP, successfully acted for the husband in the Court of Appeal in setting aside a pre-nuptial agreement (PNA).

The Court found the wife had deliberately and fraudulently failed to disclose around 70% of her assets, breaching the agreement’s disclosure terms. This material, fraudulent non-disclosure set the case apart from the general rule in Radmacher and rendered the PNA ineffective.

The case now returns to the High Court for reconsideration of the husband’s needs.

Access judgment here.