Read the full judgment text of FCMC 7214/2019 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 15 December 2022 before Deputy District Judge Jacqueline Lee.
Matrimonial proceedings – Ancillary relief – Costs – Variation of costs order nisi – Discretion on costs – No order as to costs – Costs of application – Family Court – District Court – WSW v CSLPC – Petitioner sought to vary costs order nisi to have Respondent bear costs of ancillary relief proceedings – Court found neither party was clear winner as Wife succeeded on some points but not on quantum – Court held no order as to costs appropriate for main proceedings – Application to vary dismissed – Petitioner to bear costs of this application – SSLT v SMFC, [2020] HKFC 42 – TL v SN, CACV 196/2009 – Z v X & C, CACV 166/2011 – Gojkovic v Gojkovic [1991] 2 FLR 233
Legal issues: Variation of costs order nisi · Costs of the application to vary costs order
Outcome: Application to vary costs order nisi dismissed; Costs order nisi made absolute; Petitioner to bear Respondent's costs of this application.
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