ELLIS & CROSS

The matter of *Ellis & Cross* concerned an application by the father for the mother to pay his costs of a hearing on 27 May 2015 on an indemnity basis. The proceedings were heard by Macmillan J.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the father's application for indemnity costs should be granted. This required the court to consider the circumstances of the hearing and the conduct of the parties in relation to the costs incurred.

Macmillan J dismissed the father's application for indemnity costs. The court did not provide detailed reasons for this dismissal in the provided text, but the outcome indicates that the threshold for ordering costs on an indemnity basis was not met. The court also dismissed all other extant applications and removed the matter from the list of cases awaiting hearing.