Bletch and Douglas (No. 4)

In *Bletch and Douglas (No. 4)*, Justice Le Poer Trench of the Family Court of Australia considered applications by the father concerning his children. The proceedings involved a stay application heard on 12 March 2008 and a recovery application heard on 2 April 2008.

The court was required to determine the appropriate costs orders to be made following the father's applications. Specifically, the court had to decide whether the father should be ordered to pay the mother's costs for the hearings of both the stay application and the recovery application.

Justice Le Poer Trench ordered that the father pay the mother's costs of and incidental to the hearing of his stay application determined on 12 March 2008, and similarly, the father was ordered to pay the mother's costs of and incidental to the hearing of the recovery application determined on 2 April 2008. These costs were to be agreed between the parties or, failing agreement, assessed.