Alvin & Kallen & Anor

The case of *Alvin & Kallen* involved a dispute between a wife and a husband, with an intervenor also involved. The wife sought a stay of certain proceedings, and the court was required to determine the costs associated with this application.

The primary legal issue before Forrest J was the allocation of costs following the wife's application for a stay. Specifically, the court had to decide whether the wife should bear the husband's costs and the intervenor's costs related to that application, and on what basis those costs should be determined.

Forrest J ordered that the wife pay the husband's costs of and incidental to the application for a stay on a party and party basis, to be agreed or assessed by a Registrar. Furthermore, the wife was ordered to pay the intervenor's costs of and incidental to the same application, fixed at $2,796.73, within twenty-eight days of the court's order.