CZEB & CZEB (NO 4)

The case of CZEB & CZEB (NO 4) concerned an application made by the Husband in family law proceedings. The specific dispute related to the costs incurred by the Wife in contesting an Application in Form 2 filed by the Husband on 19 April 2011. The matter came before Barry J.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the Wife should be awarded her costs of contesting the Husband's application on an indemnity basis.

Barry J determined that the Wife was entitled to an order for costs on an indemnity basis. The Court ordered that the Husband pay the Wife’s costs of and incidental to the costs incurred in contesting the Application in Form 2 filed 19 April 2011 on an indemnity basis, fixed at $1,938.75.