Read the full judgment text of FCMC 15810/2018 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 26 May 2025 before His Honour Judge G. Own.
Costs – Variation of Costs Order Nisi – Ancillary Reliefs – Matrimonial Causes – Disclosure – Litigation Conduct – Settlement Negotiations – Partial Success – Petitioner applied to vary costs order nisi from 100% to 70% – Court found Respondent was winning party overall – H's grounds including partial success, settlement negotiations, disclosure failures, litigation conduct, and LECL disclosure all failed – Costs order nisi made absolute – H to pay W's costs of variation application.
Legal issues: H's partial success in the ancillary reliefs claims · W's lack of effort in settlement negotiations · W's failure to give full and frank financial disclosure · W's litigation conduct · H's full and frank disclosure of LECL
Outcome: H's Summons dismissed; Costs order nisi made absolute; H to pay W's costs of the variation application.
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