Hampton and Farley and Ors (No 3)

In *Hampton and Farley and Ors (No 3)*, Le Poer Trench J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales considered an application concerning the costs of litigation. The dispute involved a wife, a second respondent, and a third respondent, with the wife seeking to recover certain expenses.

The primary legal issue before the court was the extent to which the wife should be ordered to pay the reasonable expenses incurred by the second respondent in relation to Ms T Farley's attendance at court in Sydney for cross-examination. The court also had to determine the costs applications of the wife, the second respondent, and the third respondent more broadly.

Le Poer Trench J reasoned that the wife should bear the reasonable expenses of Ms Farley's attendance for cross-examination, provided these expenses could be substantiated by receipts or similar documentation demonstrating actual costs incurred. The court further ordered that the cost applications of the wife, the second respondent, and the third respondent were otherwise dismissed.