4 Jun 2024
The mother's leave to appeal was dismissed for unexplained delay and procedural non‑compliance; alternatively, on the merits the grounds lacked a reasonable prospect of success because the Cost Ruling was supported by findings of the mother's unacceptable litigation conduct and the supervised access costs were reasonably incurred, and therefore leave was not granted.
4 Jan 2024
Although the default in child-related proceedings is no order as to costs, the court found the Mother’s litigation conduct crossed the line (exaggeration, unreasonable pursuit of weak allegations, suspension of access and apparent ulterior motive) such that it was fair to depart from the usual practice; however the conduct did not justify the extreme remedy of indemnity costs nor the specific recovery of transport and outside-dinner costs. Accordingly the order nisi was varied to require the Mother to pay the Father’s costs of and occasioned by the child-related litigation and Rent-A-Mum serv…
12 Mar 2019
Leave to appeal and extension of time were refused because the judge's finding that the 2nd applicant conducted the litigation unreasonably was not shown to be plainly wrong and there was no real prospect of success on appeal; delay was inexcusable.