Read the full judgment text of FCMC 4683/2014 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 29 June 2018 before Her Honour Judge Grace Chan.
Costs – Matrimonial proceedings – Preliminary issue – Beneficial ownership – Variation of costs order – Conduct of parties – Calderbank offer – Discovery – Affirmations – Discretion – No order between spouses – 80% Father's costs – Failure to negotiate in good faith – Late discovery – Failure to provide crucial information in their affirmations – Running inherently weak defences
Legal issues: Failure to negotiate in good faith · Late discovery · Failure to provide crucial information in their affirmations · Running inherently weak defences
Outcome: Costs order nisi varied. No order as to costs between wife and husband. Wife bears 80% of Father's costs. No order as to costs of this application.
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