Woden and Silver (No 2)

This matter concerned an application to discharge an order for spousal maintenance made on 15 January 2015. The applicant sought to have the existing spousal maintenance order set aside.

The central legal issue before Rees J was whether the existing spousal maintenance order should be discharged. This required the court to consider the circumstances that would justify the termination of such an order.

Rees J discharged the spousal maintenance order. The order was to be discharged from the date to which it had been paid, effectively ceasing any future maintenance obligations under that order.