In financial remedy proceedings, the starting point in respect of costs is that each party bears their own legal costs and is not required to contribute to the other party’s costs. However, this may not be the case if one party does not co-operate with negotiations in an effort to agree a financial settlement. In

Each party has a duty to provide to the other party full, frank and clear disclosure of facts, information and documents as part of financial remedy proceedings, to enable the parties to negotiate and try to reach an agreement. When the parties reach the final hearing in financial remedy proceedings, the judge will be making