Bondelmonte and Bondelmonte (No 2)

In *Bondelmonte and Bondelmonte (No 2)*, the Honourable Justice Watts of the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs following earlier proceedings between Mr DD Bondelmonte and his wife. The specific nature of the underlying dispute that led to the costs application is not detailed in the provided text, but it is clear that Mr Bondelmonte had filed an application on 27 October 2016, and a further application was also before the court.

The primary legal issue before the court was the determination of which party should bear the costs associated with these applications. The court was required to decide whether Mr Bondelmonte should be ordered to pay the wife's costs in relation to both his original application filed in October 2016 and the subsequent application that was the subject of the current hearing.

Justice Watts ordered that Mr DD Bondelmonte pay the wife's costs in relation to the application originally filed by him on 27 October 2016, and also the costs of the application that was currently before the court. These costs were to be on a party/party basis, either as agreed between the parties or as assessed by the court. The final form of these orders was subject to their formal entry into the Court's records.