8 Jul 2022
ZFY v. SCHC
- Citation
- [2022] HKFC 143
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMP97/2020
Interlocutory costs are discretionary post-CJR; given the child-related context, the Respondent failed to prove that the audio exhibit was covertly and improperly obtained on the balance of probabilities, the transcript was subsequently filed and uncontested, and the Respondent unreasonably issued the Expunge Summons when a Social Investigation Report was imminent; therefore the proper exercise of discretion is to make no order as to costs of the Expunge Summons but to require the Respondent to pay the Applicant's costs of resolving the costs issue, taxed if not agreed, and to grant a certifi…