In a judgment handed down this morning, Smith DCJ capped both parties’ costs at $80K. In doing so he said “it should not be seen that this case is a precedent for the quantum of costs in such a dispute. It will be borne in mind that this case did involve a detailed examination into the partnership affairs of the parties and others over a period of time. In a straight forward family provision application I would have thought costs would be less.”
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