Case No. BV20D11362

81.After this judgment was handed down, I heard argument on costs. I gave an extempore judgment. I accepted that this was a case where the presumption of no order as to costs applied, but I took the view that the Wife had succeeded entirely in her case at trial, justifying a costs order in her favour. I took into consideration a number of countervailing factors, including that significant costs would have been incurred in preparing the case to a point where it could be settled. In this particular case, I accepted that it was extremely difficult to settle the litigation until after the business had been sold. I decided that an appropriate contribution for the Husband to make towards the Wife’s costs was £250,000. Mr Justice Moor3 April 2023