Galway and Cuthbert (No. 2)

In *Galway and Cuthbert (No. 2)*, heard before Moore J, the matter concerned an application for costs following earlier proceedings. The specific dispute before the court was the quantum and timing of costs to be paid by the wife to the solicitors for the husband.

The central legal issue before Moore J was to determine the appropriate orders for party/party costs, specifically in relation to the timing of the commencement of the period for which costs were to be awarded and the mechanism for their quantification and payment.

Moore J ordered that the wife was to pay to the solicitors for the husband party/party costs calculated from 25 May 2007. The quantum of these costs was to be agreed between the parties within one month of the date of the orders. In the event that agreement could not be reached, the costs were to be assessed. Payment of the agreed or assessed costs was to be made within one month of either agreement or assessment, as applicable.