KIDD & KIDD

The parties to this matter were a husband and wife, and the dispute concerned an application by the husband for an order that the wife pay his costs of substantive proceedings. The decision was made by Stevenson J.

The sole legal issue before the court was whether the husband should be awarded his costs of the substantive proceedings against the wife.

Stevenson J dismissed the husband's application for costs. The reasons for this decision are not detailed in the provided text.

The court ordered that the husband's application for an order that the wife pay his costs of the substantive proceedings be dismissed.