7 Aug 2017
LHC v. KHS
- Citation
- LHC v. KHS
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC87/2014
First petition was withdrawn and replaced by the second petition as a joint/practical solution following contested amendment proceedings, so neither party prevailed on the first petition and costs should be no order; parties agreed to one-year separation by consent for the second petition which is a non-fault basis and the parties’ conduct and pleadings on both sides produced avoidable costs (including respondent’s cross-petition alleging unreasonable behaviour), therefore the fair and proper order for both main suits is no order as to costs; costs of the argument are awarded to the petitione…