In re E (Children)

Subject Matter

CHILDREN — Orders with respect to children — Costs — Application for contact order in private law children proceedings — Judge giving fact-finding judgment following protracted and acrimonious hearing — Whether court to follow general practice of making no order for costs in family proceedings concerning children absent exceptional circumstances

[2025] EWCA Civ 183; [2025] 1 WLR 2150; [2025] 2 FLR 141; [2025] WLR(D) 117, CA