Egbert and Egbert

In *Egbert and Egbert*, the Honourable Justice Cronin considered a dispute between a wife and a husband concerning financial matters and parenting arrangements. The court's orders indicate a resolution was reached, involving a payment from the wife to the husband and a complex allocation of costs.

The primary legal issues before the court involved the determination of financial orders and the assessment of costs associated with the proceedings. Specifically, the court was required to decide the quantum of a payment to be made by the wife to the husband and how the costs of the litigation, including counsel's fees, solicitor's fees for trial attendances, and costs related to affidavit preparation and perusal, were to be borne by the parties.

Justice Cronin ordered that the wife pay the husband $50,000, with this payment being stayed pending the resolution of costs. The court then detailed specific provisions for the husband's entitlement to costs from the wife, including counsel's fees for five days at the top junior rate, half of conference fees, instructing solicitor's fees for trial attendances, half the costs for preparing the wife's and child's affidavits, and half the costs for perusing the husband's, his father's, and his sister's affidavits. The final payment from the wife to the husband was to be the $50,000 less any costs awarded to the wife and any other outstanding unpaid costs. The court also certified that engaging counsel was reasonable and dismissed all outstanding proceedings.