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2009 Master 75 Ref:

Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered: 27/10/09

(subject to editorial corrections)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF NORTHERN IRELAND

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FAMILY DIVISION

PROBATE AND MATRIMONIAL

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BETWEEN:

D

Petitioner;

and

D

Respondent.

(Post-Agreement Windfall)

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Master Bell

[1] Thirteen years ago the parties in this case separated and signed an

agreement regulating their financial affairs. Recently the husband has had a

£10.0 million “windfall” (as counsel for the wife referred to it) and she now

applies to the court for a share thereof. The issue for decision is whether she is

entitled to such a share. The wife seeks Ancillary Relief pursuant to a

summons dated 16 October 2007 issued in the County Court for the Division

of Fermanagh and Tyrone. The application was transferred, on consent, to the

High Court on 14 December 2007 under Rule 2.76(2) of the Family

Proceedings Rules (Northern Ireland) 1996.

[2] I have anonymised this judgment in order to avoid the identification of

the youngest child of the family. The parties are requested to consider the

terms of t