Vasilyeva v Shemyakin [2019] EWHC 932 (Fam) (16 April 2019)

This case involved an application for leave under s.13 Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 to apply for the leave of the court to apply for financial relief in England and Wales. The test for the grant of leave is whether there is “substantial ground” for the making of an application.