Bartlett and Gibson (No. 2)

In *Bartlett and Gibson (No. 2)*, the District Court of New South Wales was required to determine an application concerning the proper expenses of a medical practitioner's attendance at the hearing of children matters. The application was brought by the mother.

The central legal issue before the court was the allocation of the costs associated with the attendance of Dr W at the hearing. Specifically, the court had to decide which party, if any, should bear the responsibility for these expenses.

His Honour Faulks DCJ reasoned that the mother should be responsible for the entirety of Dr W's proper expenses for attending the hearing. The court ordered that the mother pay the whole of these expenses. The application was otherwise removed from the pending cases list.