Cutress and Cutress (No 2)

In *Cutress and Cutress (No 2)*, the husband sought costs in relation to proceedings concluded by a judgment on 21 August 2017, and the wife sought costs in relation to the husband's costs application concerning interim proceedings also concluded by that judgment, with an exception for costs related to a court attendance on 1 November 2017. The matter came before Gill J in the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.

The primary legal issue before the court was the determination of costs following earlier judgments. Specifically, the court was required to decide whether the husband was entitled to his costs for the concluded proceedings and, conversely, whether the wife was entitled to her costs in relation to the husband's costs application, considering the specific carve-out for the 1 November 2017 attendance.

Gill J dismissed the husband's application for costs in respect of the proceedings concluded on 21 August 2017. The court ordered that the husband pay the wife's costs in relation to his own costs application concerning the interim proceedings concluded on the same date, with the exception of costs attributable to the parties' court attendance on 1 November 2017.