The appellant challenged an order requiring it, as an income source for a support payor, to remit support enforcement funds to the respondent.
The appellant accepted that the evidentiary findings against it were supported but argued that the court should nonetheless have made a reasonable estimate of income despite missing disclosure.
The Court of Appeal held that, given the appellant's knowledge of the substantial claim and its failure to produce documents that could resolve the dispute, the judge was entitled to draw an adverse inference and accept the amount claimed.
The appeal was dismissed with costs.
