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Applications for Leave Under MFPA 1984 Part III: Which Costs Rules Inform (or Govern)?

Applications for Leave Under MFPA 1984 Part III: Which Costs Rules Inform (or Govern)?

What costs rules apply to an application for permission/leave pursuant to the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 (‘MFPA 1984’) s 13? This was the discrete question asked – and answered – in AS v RS (Costs: Clean Sheet/General Rule) [2023] EWFC 284 (B) by District Judge Troy (which followed

TYB v CAR (Non-Disclosure) [2023] EWFC 261 (B)

Judgment date: 16 December 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/261.html DDJ Hodson. What does the court do with the non-discloser? Final hearing involving a short marriage with a child almost four. This was a needs case. H admitted earnings of £60,000 pcm, spending

AS v RS (Costs: Clean Sheet/General Rule) [2023] EWFC 284 (B)

Judgment date: 06 November 2023 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/OJ/2023/284.html District Judge Troy. Costs in respect of an application for leave pursuant to s 13 Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 are subject to ‘Clean Sheet’ rules. FPR 28.3 provides specific rules for

KA v LE [2023] EWFC 266 (B)

Judgment date: 29 November 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/266 DDJ Mark Harrop. Final hearing in FR proceedings with consideration of relevance to findings in children proceedings that H had bullied, coerced and controlled W throughout the whole of their marriage. The first issue was whether

Guideline Hourly Rates on Costs: Addendum

Guideline Hourly Rates on Costs: Addendum

In KS v VS (Judgment – Summary Assessment of Costs – Civil Guide) [2024] EWHC 278 (Fam) (12 February 2024), Arbuthnot J referred to H v GH [2023] EWFC 235, [2024] Costs LR 27 and the question raised by DHCJ Simon Colton KC as to the relevance or otherwise of the guideline

Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2024] EWCA Civ 100

Judgment date: 08 February 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2024/100 Bean, King and Moylan LJJ. Costs judgment following the H’s successful appeal – judgment on appeal here, summary of the decision appealed here – during which the court considered applications for costs made by both parties and

KS v VS [2024] EWHC 278 (Fam)

Judgment date: 12 February 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/fam/2024/278 Arbuthnot J. Costs judgment following a ruling in favour of the H on his application for a stay of divorce and financial remedy proceedings in this jurisdiction in favour of proceedings in Monaco. Arbuthnot J considers