Brythe and Anor and Balston and Anor

The dispute in *Brythe and Anor and Balston and Anor* concerned the costs of a single expert appointed in family law proceedings. The parties involved were the mother and the father, and the decision was made by Justice Ryan. The orders primarily addressed the financial responsibility for the expert's report and the process for its payment.

The court was required to determine how the costs of the single expert appointed in the proceedings should be borne by the parties. Specifically, the orders dealt with the initial payment of these costs and the mechanism for ensuring their timely discharge.

Justice Ryan ordered that the mother was to pay one-half of the costs of the single expert in the first instance. Both the father and the mother were directed to deposit their respective shares of the expert's costs into the trust account of the Independent Children’s Lawyer within 21 days. The Independent Children’s Lawyer was tasked with notifying the parties of the total costs and their individual deposit amounts. Any remaining funds after the expert's costs were paid were to be returned equally to both parents. The mother and father were granted liberty to apply for further orders at the final hearing, including potential reimbursement of monies paid towards the expert's costs.