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Wife awarded $20,000 in costs despite divided success due to husband's unreasonable litigation conduct.
Following a six-day family law trial with divided success on property and spousal support issues, both parties sought costs.
The court found that while success was generally divided and no settlement offers triggered cost consequences, the husband took unreasonable positions on several issues, including a claim for unequal division of net family property and possession of a dog.
To sanction this inappropriate behaviour, the court ordered the husband to pay the wife $20,000 in costs.
