If a divorce petition contains a claim for costs, and if the couple have not been able to agree on how much the respondent is going to contribute to the petitioner's costs, the court will make the decision.  This is done either at the time that decree nisi is pronounced, or at a separate short hearing fixed for the purpose.

At the costs hearing, the parties may be represented by a solicitor, but usually it is uneconomic to instruct a solicitor, simply because the cost of doing so can be greate...
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