19 May 2020
HKK v. HCM
- Citation
- [2020] HKFC 112
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC23/2018
The court could not reliably determine, on the affidavits alone, what the likely outcome at a full hearing would have because key incidents were disputed and oral evidence was absent; settlement by undertaking on a no-admission basis left neither party as clear winner of the contested facts, so ordinarily there should be no order as to costs of the summons. However, because the Father insisted on attending the listed hearing during the court closure period instead of consenting to paper disposal as proposed by the Mother, the court exercised its discretion to order the Father to bear the cost…