MF v NF & Ors [2026] EWFC 243 (Fam)

Appeal by the wife against orders striking out two sets of claims concerning disputed third-party property interests and removing one third party from the proceedings. Appeal allowed. MacDonald J held that FPR 4.4 does not confer a summary judgment jurisdiction and that the court cannot use its wider case-management powers under FPR 4.1 to achieve the same result.