Following a 10-day family law trial regarding parenting and financial issues, the successful applicant sought full recovery costs of $137,432.
The court found that the respondent's litigation behaviour was unreasonable and included instances of bad faith, particularly concerning financial disclosure and malicious actions regarding daycare subsidies.
However, the court disallowed the costs of the applicant's second counsel as the matter was not extremely complex.
The court ordered the respondent to pay costs fixed at $90,000.
