Bernet and Bernet (No 2)

In *Bernet and Bernet (No 2)*, heard before Cronin J, the parties were husband and wife engaged in Family Court proceedings concerning property settlement. The dispute centred on the admissibility of certain paragraphs within an affidavit filed by the husband.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether specific paragraphs of the husband's affidavit, filed on 28 July 2017, were admissible as evidence in the proceedings. This required the Court to consider the rules of evidence, particularly concerning hearsay and opinion evidence, in the context of family law property disputes.

Cronin J ruled that paragraph [48] of the husband's affidavit was admissible. However, paragraphs [82] and [83] of the same affidavit were ruled inadmissible. The Court's reasoning for these decisions, though not detailed in the provided text, would have involved an assessment of whether the content of each paragraph complied with the relevant evidentiary rules, likely focusing on whether the statements constituted inadmissible hearsay or opinion without proper foundation. The form of the orders was subject to the formal entry in the Court's records.