I won my Court Application today. It was for an order of sale for the property I jointly own with ex. He has been unreasonable, refused to move out but hasn't paid mortgage for months so it's near repossession, he refused to respond to my solicitor, refused mediation, he even refused to file his statement as the Court directed and didn't bother attending today. This has been ongoing for 2 years!
The Judge today was furious he hadn't attended or filed evident or statement, and I got the order I wanted, stating it is to be sold, I have control of sale, he must pay all mortgage arrears etc. Finally!
It was hard and complicated as I was representing myself with no solicitor. My initial application was done by a solicitor though and it clearly mentioned that I wanted costs if ex didn't comply. At the last hearing the Judge told him I could apply for costs given he was being obstructed and difficult so he should take this seriously. I also mentioned costs in my statement for today's hearing but the hearing today was so stressful and long (took two hours to make the order as it's so complicated) I totally forgot to mention costs again and the judge didn't mention it.
Question is, can I apply for costs now even though the order has already been made? Looking online I get conflicting information. My costs weren't huge as represented myself by by solicitor few to write to him, deft the order of sale application, cost of the application and my mediation fee which he refused to do- comes to about £1000 which is a significant sum to me.