DANE & KABRIG

In the matter of *DANE & KABRIG*, Bennett J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application made by the wife on 25 August 2014. The precise nature of the dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but the orders indicate it was an application brought by the wife that the husband sought to have dismissed.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the wife's application, filed on 25 August 2014, should be dismissed. The court was also required to determine the appropriate costs order and whether the attendance of counsel was reasonably required for the proceedings related to that application.

Bennett J ordered that the wife's application filed on 25 August 2014 be dismissed and removed from the court's pending matters. The court further ordered that the wife pay the respondent husband's costs of and incidental to that application, to be calculated on a party/party basis according to the Family Law Scale of Costs, with the sum to be agreed or assessed. Finally, the court determined that, pursuant to Rule 19.50 of the Family Law Rules, the matter reasonably required the attendance of counsel.