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AI summary
The judgment concerns costs for an application and counter-application heard on 2 December 2025 in the Western Cape High Court. The court ordered the applicant to pay those costs on Scale C, including the costs of two counsel where so employed, but excluded the costs of the postponement application. The reasons discuss the parties’ relative success, the expert material, and the approach to costs in matters concerning children.
It may be relevant to family law and civil litigation practitioners dealing with costs orders in children related proceedings.
Evidence from source
The applicant is to pay the costs of the application and of the counter-application heard on 2 December 2025, such costs to be taxed on Scale C and to include the costs of two counsel where so employed.
Supports: summary sentence 2
For the avoidance of doubt, this order does not extend to the costs of the postponement application, which were disposed of by paragraph 1 of the order of 2 December 2025.
Supports: summary sentence 2