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Special Contribution: Exceptional qualities
Lehna Hewitt reviews cases where a special contribution argument has been successful, and the outcome in Work v Gray ‘The Court of Appeal reiterated in Work v Gray that the correct approach is to determine whether a contribution is “wholly exceptional” and did not endorse the use of the word “genius”.’ It is possible to …
Cases Referenced
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- Charman v Charman (No 4) [2007] EWCA Civ 503; [2007] WTLR 1151 CA
- Cooper-Hohn v Hohn [2014] EWHC 2314 (Fam); [2014] EWHC 4122 (Fam); [2014] EWCA Civ 896
- Cowan v Cowan [2001] EWCA Civ 679
- Lambert v Lambert [2002] EWCA Civ 1685
- Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24
- Sorrell v Sorrell [2005] EWHC 1717 (Fam)
- White v White [2000] UKHL 54
- Work v Gray [2017] EWCA Civ 270