HEWITT & TESSIER (No.2)

This matter concerned an application before Judge Halligan concerning costs following proceedings between a father and a mother. The specific dispute revolved around the father's liability for the costs incurred by the mother and the Independent Children's Lawyer in relation to an aborted hearing in June 2012 and subsequent hearings.

The court was required to determine whether to grant leave for the father's counsel and solicitor to withdraw from representing him, and to determine the quantum of costs payable by the father to the mother and the Independent Children's Lawyer.

Judge Halligan granted leave for the father's legal representatives to withdraw. The court ordered the father to pay the mother's costs, totalling $43,637.95, which encompassed the costs of the aborted hearing in June 2012 and the costs of the current hearing. Additionally, the father was ordered to pay the Independent Children's Lawyer's costs of the proceedings in the sum of $19,326. These payments were to be made within 30 days.