Hearings
England & Wales
16 Jul 1968 [1969] P 1; [1968] 3 WLR 750; [1968] 3 All ER 611, CA
Gooday v Gooday
Subject Matter
COSTS — Appeal, Court of — Jurisdiction — Order made against wife in her unsuccessful petition for divorce — Court's jurisdiction to reverse — Jurisdiction to vary amount
HUSBAND AND WIFE — Divorce — Costs — Wife, order for costs against — No ground for practice not to make order against unsuccessful wife petitioner — Discretion of judge — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s 50 (1)
LEGAL AID — Costs — Divorce — Legally aided wife's petition unsuccessful — Husband's application for costs — Court's jurisdiction to award costs against impecunious wife — Whether sum awarded “reasonable … having regard to all the circumstances” — Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s 50 (1) — Legal Aid and Advice Act, 1949, s 2 (2) (e) — Legal Aid (General) Regulations, 1962, reg 18
LEGAL AID — Costs — Order against assisted person — Unsuccessful wife petitioner with £7 contribution — Order to pay £200 towards husband's costs — Whether “reasonable” — Legal Aid and Advice Act, 1949, s 2 (2) (e)