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Topic

Registration of foreign maintenance order

Legal area

Court

23 Oct 2014

SUZANNE RUTH HENDERSON v. SCOTT HENDERSON

Citation

SUZANNE RUTH HENDERSON v. SCOTT HENDERSON
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1780/2013

The court refused to vary the costs nisi because the plaintiff was substantially successful, the defendant's conduct in breaching the Hartmann Order and pursuing unreasonable arguments was oppressive and unreasonable, and indemnity costs were therefore appropriate; accordingly the indemnity costs order was made absolute and the defendant was ordered to pay assessed costs.
26 Feb 2014

SUZANNE RUTH HENDERSON v. SCOTT HENDERSON

Citation

SUZANNE RUTH HENDERSON v. SCOTT HENDERSON
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1780/2013

Applying the Court of Appeal authority that interlocutory injunction costs should ordinarily be in the cause, the court ordered the plaintiff's costs for the inter partes and specified earlier hearings to be costs in the cause but reduced the plaintiff's entitlement by 30% (to reflect the time and work spent on an unsustainable alternative common law enforcement basis); indemnity costs were denied and certification for two counsel granted for the second day; costs of the hearing on the date of decision were ordered to the defendant.