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The court awarded full indemnity costs of $6,000 against a father who acted in bad faith by hiding income.
The court awarded full recovery costs to the mother in a motion to change child support arrears.
The father sought to reduce his support obligations from $1,136 per month to $183 per month based on claimed minimum wage income.
The court dismissed the father's motion, finding he had acted in bad faith by misrepresenting his income, failing to disclose cash holdings, earning undeclared income as an underground card dealer, and maintaining a comfortable lifestyle inconsistent with his claimed earnings.
The court found the father's conduct rose to the level of bad faith warranting full recovery costs of $6,000, payable immediately.
Marriage contract partially enforced; land promise void for uncertainty, but gold coins and travel promises upheld.
The applicant brought a motion for summary judgment to enforce a marriage contract (Maher) requiring the respondent to pay $60,000 in satisfaction of family property claims.
The respondent argued the contract was altered after signing and its terms were uncertain.
The court found the contract was validly executed and not altered.
However, the promise of '150 square metres of land in Canada' was void for uncertainty.
The promises of 14 gold coins and travel to Makka were sufficiently certain and valued at $4,606 and $11,240 respectively.
The respondent was ordered to pay $15,846.
