Billingsly and Billingsly (No. 2)

In *Billingsly and Billingsly (No. 2)*, Cronin J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs following earlier proceedings between the husband and wife. The dispute concerned the division of property and associated financial matters.

The primary legal issue before the court was the appropriate allocation of costs between the parties, specifically whether the husband should be ordered to pay the wife's costs and, if so, to what extent.

Cronin J determined that the husband should pay the wife's costs of the proceedings. The court's reasoning, though not detailed in the provided extract, would have involved an assessment of the parties' conduct during the litigation and the overall merits of their respective positions, in accordance with the principles governing costs orders in family law matters.

The court ordered that the husband pay the wife's costs in the sum of $22,209.71, subject to the formal entry of the order.