Despite MS word, "matrimonialisation" is still in the dictionary

Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26

Rose Fetherstonhaugh

This important appeal arose out of proceedings brought under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 for the division of assets upon divorce. Under section 25 of that Act, the court has a wide discretion under which regard must be had to all the circumstances of the case. In determining the fair outcome to which the parties are entitled, several guiding principles have been developed. One of those principles (alongside "need" and "compensation") is the sharing principle, pursuant to which property is classified as either matrimonial or non-matrimonial and such of the property as is deemed to be matrimonial is shared, usually but not invariably on an equal basis. This was the issue with which this appeal was concerned.