Pitt and Pitt

In *Pitt and Pitt*, the parties, a husband and wife, sought orders from the court concerning the payment of costs and disbursements in their proceedings. The dispute centred on how these financial obligations would be discharged.

The court was required to determine the specific amounts to be paid from the parties' respective loan accounts for costs and disbursements, and to ensure the payment of outstanding amounts to single experts. Additionally, the court needed to address the husband's costs of the day.

By consent, the court made orders for $50,000 to be paid to the wife and $50,000 to be paid to the husband from their respective loan accounts on account of costs and disbursements. The wife was also ordered to ensure that outstanding amounts to two single experts, totalling $25,833.58, were paid from her solicitors' trust account by a specified date. Finally, the wife was ordered to pay the husband's costs of the day, assessed at $1,200, by the same date.