Charles and Hughes

In the matter of *Charles and Hughes*, Foster J of the Family Court of Australia considered a dispute concerning costs. The specific nature of the underlying substantive dispute between the parties, identified as the mother and the father, is not detailed in the provided text, beyond the fact that it led to the father filing an "Application in a Case".

The central legal issue before the court was the determination of the costs associated with the father's application. Specifically, the court was required to decide how these costs would be quantified and when they would be payable.

Foster J ordered that the mother was to pay the father's costs of and incidental to the father's Application in a Case. These costs were to be resolved either by agreement between the parties within one month of the order, or, failing agreement, by assessment. The payment of the costs, once agreed or assessed, was to be made within one month of that agreement or assessment.