Family law litigation can be incredibly stressful, time-consuming and expensive where there is a lack of communication or trust between the parties.
The usual procedure involves each party bearing their own legal costs. In some circumstances, the Court can make an Order that one party pay another party’s legal costs, but this is not standard and is never guaranteed.
Costs Orders are usually made in limited circumstances where a party has deliberately breached Court Orders, failed to positively engage in the proceedings or attended the Court dates, and for bringing Applications with little prospects of success.
Costs In Family Law Proceedings can be dependent on a number of factors such as:
1. The number of issues in dispute between the parties;
2. The complexity of the issues in dispute;
3. Whether the other party has a solicitor or not;
4. How the other party conducts themselves in the proceedings;
5. Breaches of Court Orders;
6. Whether expert evidence is accepted or contested; and
7. Court adjournments and delays.
Some of the above matters are beyond one or both parties’ control and should be constantly considered at every junction in the Court process.
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