Read the full judgment text of FCMC 15393/2014 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 5 October 2016 before Deputy District Judge K K PANG.
Matrimonial causes – Costs order – Variation of costs order nisi – Jurisdiction – Leave to appeal – Reasonable prospect of success – Whether court had jurisdiction to vary costs order nisi after perfection – Whether prohibition order application was unmeritorious – Whether appeal has reasonable prospect of success – Application for leave to appeal dismissed – W to pay H's costs – Costs order nisi dated 27 October 2015 did not become absolute as H's letter was within time – W's evidence for prohibition order found flimsy and not reliable – H deprived of half costs due to irregularity of letter application – No reasonable prospect of success for appeal – Leave to appeal dismissed – W to pay H's costs of application
Legal issues: Jurisdiction to vary costs order nisi · Merits of prohibition order application · Costs of variation application · Leave to appeal test
Outcome: Application for leave to appeal dismissed
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