Benham & Benham (No. 2)

In *Benham & Benham (No. 2)*, Mr. Benham (the husband) applied to Rees J of the Family Court of Australia for a stay of certain orders made on 16 April 2021, and also sought to vary those same orders. Ms. Benham was the respondent.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the husband had established sufficient grounds to warrant a stay of the existing orders pending an appeal. A secondary issue concerned the appropriate procedural pathway for the husband's application to vary the orders.

Rees J dismissed the husband's application for a stay of the orders made on 16 April 2021. The court did not provide detailed reasons for this dismissal in the provided text, but the outcome indicates that the husband failed to satisfy the necessary legal threshold for granting a stay. The application to vary the orders was referred to the registrar for directions, indicating that this aspect of the husband's case would proceed through the usual procedural steps.