Read the full judgment text of FCMC 9685/2011 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 29 August 2013 before Her Honour Judge Sharon D. Melloy.
Matrimonial Causes – Costs – Indemnity Basis – District Court – Husband's litigation conduct – Non-disclosure – Attempt to circumvent jurisdiction – Order nisi made absolute – Costs taxed if not agreed – Certificate for counsel – Husband's conduct described as appalling, deliberate, and contemptuous – Husband transferred shares to hide assets – Husband ignored hearings and avoided service – Court found husband guilty of deliberate non-disclosure and lack of credibility – Indemnity costs appropriate due to special or unusual features of conduct – Choy Yee Chun v Bond Star Development Ltd – Town Planning Board v Society for Protection of the Harbour Limited – LYE and CWW and HWL – District Court Ordinance Cap. 336 s.53 – Matrimonial Causes Rules Rule 3 and Rule 91A – R.D.C. Order 62 Rule 28(3)
Legal issues: Costs basis
Outcome: Order nisi made absolute; husband to pay wife's costs on indemnity basis.
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