Czeb and Czeb (No 3)

In the matter of *Czeb and Czeb (No 3)*, Barry J of the Federal Magistrates Court of Australia considered an application by the Husband, which the Wife sought to have dismissed. The dispute concerned the Wife's application for indemnity costs in relation to her defence of the Husband's earlier application.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the Wife was entitled to indemnity costs for the proceedings related to the Husband's dismissed application. This required the court to assess the circumstances surrounding the Husband's application and the Wife's response to determine if an order for indemnity costs was warranted.

Barry J dismissed the Husband's application. In relation to costs, the court ordered that the Wife's legal representatives were to file and serve submissions, including an assessment of the quantum of indemnity costs, by a specified date. The Husband was then to file and serve any responsive submissions by a subsequent date. The court further directed that, apart from the costs issue, the file was to be transferred back to the Family Court of Australia, Sydney Registry.