This was a family costs endorsement following a three-day trial in which most issues had already been resolved by partial minutes of settlement and only four narrowly defined parenting issues remained.
The party seeking costs was more successful on the issues tried, but not entirely successful, and the court found both parents had conducted the litigation reasonably.
The court also emphasized that it had made some orders neither party had requested in order to address ongoing parenting dynamics and had remained seized of the matter for one year.
Full recovery was denied and costs were fixed at $15,000 plus the assessor's trial attendance disbursement of $2,750, payable in monthly instalments.
