Family

• Terminal value and best case scenario forecast disregarded when valuing a private company (Family Court)
  In FW v FH [2019] EWHC 1338 (Fam), when attributing a value to a private company in financial remedy proceedings, Cohen J disregarded the terminal value of the business and the best case scenario forecast.
• A judge entitled to give life time compensation to daughter following a successful claim for propriety estoppel (Court of Appeal)
  In Habberfield v Habberfield [2019] EWCA Civ 890, the Court of Appeal upheld the High Court's decision to award �1.2 million to a daughter's claim for proprietary estoppel, following her detrimental reliance on her parents' assurances that she would inherit the family's dairy farm.
• Finding of capacity to decide residence under Mental Capacity Act 2005 incompatible with other capacity findings (Court of Appeal)
  The Court of Appeal (CoA) has held in B v A Local Authority [2019] EWCA Civ 913 that the Court of Protection incorrectly found that a person with learning disabilities and social care needs had capacity to decide on her residence, given the conflicts this finding created with other findings concerning her capacity it had (correctly) made.