Read the full judgment text of FCMC 106/2018 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 20 May 2019 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial causes – costs – defended suit – compromise – litigation conduct – discretion – no order as to costs – Legal Aid regulations – Petitioner husband filed petition based on wife’s unreasonable behaviour – Respondent wife filed cross petition – parties agreed to one-year separation with consent – litigation conduct of both parties described as questionable – neither party raised possibility of one-year separation with consent at beginning – child issues argued inappropriately in body of suit – court exercises discretion to make no order as to costs – Respondent’s costs taxed in accordance with Legal Aid regulations
Legal issues: Costs following a compromise on a defended suit
Outcome: No order as to costs; Respondent's own costs taxed in accordance with Legal Aid regulations.
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