Abney and Welch

In the matter of *Abney and Welch*, heard before Cleary J, the dispute concerned an application by the Husband and a response by the Wife. The specific nature of the underlying dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but the orders indicate it involved a determination of costs related to the attendance of a single expert witness.

The central legal issue before the Court was the apportionment of costs for the attendance of Mr. Simon Harben SC, who acted as a Single Expert. The Court was required to determine how these costs should be borne by the parties.

Cleary J ordered that both the Husband's application and the Wife's response be dismissed. Crucially, the Court also ordered that if Mr. Simon Harben SC rendered fees for his attendance at Court on 24 May 2017 as a Single Expert, then each party would be responsible for one half of those costs.