Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Eu égard à
English translation:
Considering/ Given
French term
France
Translator/interpreter: EN, FR, IT
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
, French 
Works in: French to English, Italian to English
Eu égard à
I can't quite get my head around the last sentence. Who is the subject of the last section "compense les frais..."?
Here is the whole section:
Prend acte qu’à dater du 1er octobre 2018, Madame ... assumera seule les frais extraordinaires relatifs à l’enfant commun.
Eu égard à la qualité des parties et à la nature de la cause, compense les frais et dépens de la
procédure.
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Jan 23, 2021 13:56: Yvonne Gallagher changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Feb 2, 2021 19:40: Saeed Najmi Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (3): TechLawDC, Angus Stewart, Yvonne Gallagher
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Proposed translations
Morocco
Juggling languages: a science and an art
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan) , French
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 3 more.
Considering/ Given
Considering/Given the / In view of / With regard to / Considering
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Daryo
: in the sense of "taking into account that ..."
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Rocsana Guignaudeau
: "Eu égard" is "Compte tenu"
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An economic geek with social skills
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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Lara Barnett
: RegardING at the beginning of a sentence is a bit conversational in register, so is not the best term for this context..
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Daryo
: That would deform the meaning of the whole sentence. It's too much of "not quite right"
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Excellence, Expertise & Experience
Native in: English (Variants: UK, Scottish, Irish, British, Wales / Welsh)
Works in: French to English, English
In light of
with regard to
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United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
In view of
The subject is the court, which should be mentioned somewhere before this.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/general-conversa...
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Sorry, I should also have explained "compense", which I think is what this question is really about. As Kathleen points out in the discussion box, it means "orders each party to pay its own costs".
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: Or "given" or "having regard to"
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Discussion
eu égard à
et non pas eu régard à
ni en égard à
cf. B - compense / repartit les dépens
The plot thickens...
I'll let you know what the answer is
And if the two parties were paying, wouldn't it be "compensent" and not "compense"?
It's an agreement between the two parties, though it was the wife who brought the claim...
I might just ask the client!
As for the wording itself, I would put, "In light of...".
HTH.
Without the whole context, I would assume that the ex-husband (assuming that the couple was a husband and wife couple) brought this action and won, thus the ex-wife pays costs.
The losing party pays costs, I would assume.
D'accord avec Kathleen Johnson
I feel like I'm missing something!
Eu égard à la qualité des parties et à la nature de la cause, compense les frais et dépens de la procédure.