Baum and Lokare (No 3)

In *Baum and Lokare (No 3)*, the applicant wife sought orders against the respondent husband concerning a property located at NN Street, Town B, Northern Territory. The court was required to determine the immediate possession of this property and the removal of the husband's belongings.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether to grant an order for possession of the NN Street, Town B property to the wife, and whether to issue a warrant for possession to enforce this order. Additionally, the court considered the husband's obligations regarding the removal of his personal effects and vehicles from the property, and whether the wife should be permitted to dispose of these items if the husband failed to comply. The court also addressed the husband's potential actions concerning the property, such as lodging caveats or registering mortgages.

McClelland DCJ, noting that the matter had been called three times without the respondent's appearance, dispensed with certain rules to facilitate the making of orders. The court ordered the respondent husband to vacate the NN Street, Town B property within 24 hours and to assist any other occupants in vacating. A Warrant for Possession was issued, authorising an Enforcement Officer to give possession to the wife, though this was stayed for 24 hours from service to allow for the husband's compliance. The husband was also restrained from lodging caveats or mortgages against the property and was ordered to remove his vehicles and personal effects within 24 hours, failing which the wife was entitled to dispose of them. The court also made orders regarding the service of its orders and directed the respondent husband to pay the applicant wife's costs.