Read the full judgment text of CAMP 143/2018 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 27 February 2019 before Hon Lam Acting CJHC and B Chu J.
Family proceedings – Costs – Leave to appeal – Calderbank offer – Preliminary issue – Third party – Ancillary relief – Mediation – FDR – High Court – Whether leave to appeal against costs decision should be granted – Whether trial of preliminary issue is part of family proceedings – Whether husband failed duty to negotiate – Whether third party has duty to participate in settlement – Costs of application – Leave to appeal refused; summons dismissed; Husband to pay wife's costs of application fixed at $300,000; Parties directed to write to Principal Family Judge for FDR assisted by mediator
Legal issues: Leave to appeal against costs decision · Nature of preliminary issue trial in family proceedings · Duty to negotiate and Calderbank offer · Third party duty to participate in settlement · Costs of the application
Outcome: Leave to appeal refused; summons dismissed.
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