29 Oct 2013
IDC v. SSA
- Citation
- IDC v. SSA
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMP158/2011
While starting principles favour no order for costs in children cases, costs prima facie follow the event for financial provision claims; balancing the Mother’s obligation to bring the claim, the marked disparity in means, and the Father's partial responsibility for increasing costs through disclosure issues, but also accounting for the Mother's unreasonably high demands that increased costs, it was fair to order the Father to pay 70% of the Mother's costs, taxed party & party if not agreed, with credit for HK$750,000 already paid.