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- Appeal against order for costs arising from from private contact and residence proceedings. Judgment, 17/04/2014, free
- Judgment on costs arising from non-molestation proceedings and involving consideration of ex parte relief under Part IV of the Family Law Act 1996. Judgment, 17/04/2014, free
- An order for costs in the sum of nearly £10,000 was made against the father in favour of the mother because of his wholly unnecessary challenge to the English court having jurisdiction to deal with matters relating to their children. Judgment, 24/03/2014, free
- The husband wished to litigate matrimonial matters arising from the impending dissolution of his marriage in England; the wife wished to litigate in Malaysia. The judge ruled in favour of the husband. The wife appealed against an order which dismissed her application for (i) a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union; (ii) dismissal of the husband's petition; alternatively, (iii) a stay of the husband's petition. She also appealed the order that she shall make a payment of £100,000 on account of costs. Judgment, 19/03/2014, free
- Application by H for costs orders to be set aside after a European Enforcement Order Certificate in relation to maintenance was rescinded by the German notary. Judgment, 28/02/2014, free
- Here we have the court considering the effect of a pre-nuptial agreement on an application for maintenance pending suit, interim periodical payments for a child, and legal services provision (a s.22ZA Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 order). Judgment, 18/02/2014, free
- Judgment in long-standing dispute where the wife is attempting to enforce undertakings after her Part III application, issued as a result of alleged breach of the undertakings, had failed when the Court of Appeal ruled that there was no jurisdiction. Judgment, 03/12/2013, free
- Review of court fees set out in new consultation document News, 03/12/2013, free
- Wife was seeking costs in the region of £1.5m against the Husband and the Companies (which had said they were the beneficial owners of various properties). Looking at the factors set out in Part 28.3 and CPR Part 44.2(4) there was no doubt that the conduct of both the Husband and the Companies had been such that the making of an order for costs against both the Husband and the Companies was inevitable. The only outstanding issue was as to the basis of assessment; indemnity or standard. Litigation conduct of the type exhibited by the Husband and, at his direction, the Companies, was of the most extreme type and so therefore costs were assessed on an indemnity basis. Judgment, 27/11/2013, free
- Financial provision case where the H was arguing against a ruling that he was in a prosperous position and therefore could afford to pay for his W's legal costs as well as his own. H complained that the judge had failed to look into the means of the W, because H said that she did have available money to obtain legal services for the purposes of the proceedings, whilst he did not. The H's application for permission to appeal was refused but the judge said 'woe betide his wife if it turns out that the basis on which she obtained this substantial order turns out to be false'. Judgment, 19/11/2013, free