Read the full judgment text of FCMC 4683/2014 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment before Deputy District Judge Grace Chan.
Matrimonial proceedings – Maintenance Pending Suit – Legal costs provision – Litigation funding – Financial means – Reasonableness – Fairness – Wife applied for legal costs provision from husband – Court held wife had no alternative means to fund litigation – Court held husband had financial ability despite claims of depletion – Court ordered $100,000 per month for 12 months – Costs order made against husband
Legal issues: Whether the wife has alternative financial means · Whether the husband has the financial ability to provide litigation funding · Amount of legal costs provision
Outcome: Wife's application allowed; Husband ordered to pay legal costs provision.
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