Beckett & Beckett

In *Beckett & Beckett*, heard by Cronin J, the husband sought to have an application filed on 13 August 2008 dismissed. The wife was ordered to take all necessary steps to withdraw any caveat registered on the title of a property at M, at her expense, to facilitate its sale on the due date. The proceeds of the sale were to be applied first to sale costs, then to any outstanding mortgage payments, with the remaining balance to be paid into an interest-bearing account in the parties' joint names, controlled by the husband's solicitors pending further order.

The court also directed the husband to immediately take all necessary actions, including signing documents, to lodge outstanding personal taxation returns and the return for the Beckett partnership. The husband was ordered to pay the wife's costs, fixed at $3435, with payment stayed until the conclusion of proceedings between the parties, at which point the costs would be adjusted in the final settlement. The court certified that it was reasonable to engage counsel to attend the proceedings.