“… the needs of (usually) a wife will mean that provision is made for her at the expense of a creditor; see for example HM Customs and Excise v MCA & Anor, A v A [2002] EWCA Civ 1039, [2003] 1 FLR 164, where the wife’s needs were met at the expense of satisfying an outstanding criminal compensation order which had been made against the husb…”
“…It was in this context that Mr Turner relied upon HM Customs and Excise v MCA & Anor, A v A [2002] EWCA Civ 1039 (‘MCA & Anor’) to support his submission that the prejudice against the wife in the event that the order was not made was such that her interest in the financi…”