Read the full judgment text of FCMC 15518/2017 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 22 December 2025 before His Honour Judge S. Lo.
Costs – Children matters – No order as to costs – Exceptional circumstances – Reprehensible conduct – Mediation delay – District Court – FCMC 15518/2017 – Petitioner NC, Respondent PHM – General practice is no order as to costs in children proceedings unless exceptional circumstances exist – Mother's conduct regarding relocation not exceptional or unreasonable – Mediation delay not unreasonable – No order as to costs for Father's Summons – Father to pay Mother's costs for costs argument summarily assessed at $46,000
Legal issues: General practice of costs in children matters · Mother's conduct on relocation and undertaking · Mother's delay in mediation · Costs of the costs argument
Outcome: No order as to costs for Father's Summons; Father to pay Mother's costs for costs argument.
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