Read the full judgment text of HCMC 4/2010 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 21 May 2014 before Hon To J.
Costs – Indemnity basis – Matrimonial proceedings – Order 22 – Sanctioned offer – Interest on maintenance pending suit – Lump sum payment – Father as intervener – Costs order varied – Father and Husband jointly liable for 80% of costs – Extension of time granted – No interest on Lump Sum – Enhanced interest application dismissed
Legal issues: Father's costs liability variation · Husband's costs liability variation · Extension of time and interest on Lump Sum · Applicability of Order 22 to matrimonial finance · Interest on maintenance pending suit
Outcome: Costs order varied; Father and Husband jointly liable for 80% of Wife's costs on indemnity basis subject to 5% reduction; Husband granted extension of time to pay Lump Sum in three instalments; no interest payable on Lump Sum; maintenance pending suit reduced and discharged; Wife's applications for enhanced interest and interest on maintenance dismissed.
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