Read the full judgment text of FCMC 2201/2014 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 28 November 2014 before Deputy District Judge K K PANG.
Costs – Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance Pending Suit – Order 62 rule 3(2A) – Conduct – Without Prejudice Offer – Whether costs follow the event in interlocutory proceedings – W overinflated budget and delayed legal costs breakdown – W's offer did not assist – H's offer did not assist – H pays W half of costs of MPS application – W pays H half of costs of this application
Legal issues: Costs discretion in interlocutory proceedings · Conduct regarding exaggeration of budget and delay in legal costs breakdown · Validity of without prejudice offers
Outcome: H pays W half of the costs of the MPS application; W pays H half of the costs of this variation application.
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