DIONETT & REYNES

In the matter of *Dionett & Reynes*, heard before Stevenson J, the wife sought to bring an application concerning property settlement. The husband opposed this application.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the wife's application, filed some time after the initial proceedings, should be permitted to proceed. This involved a consideration of the court's discretion to allow late applications and the potential prejudice to the respondent.

Stevenson J dismissed the wife's application. The court reasoned that the application was brought significantly out of time and that there was no sufficient justification for the delay. The court exercised its discretion against allowing the late filing, considering the circumstances and the potential impact on the husband.

Consequently, the wife was ordered to pay the husband's costs of and incidental to the dismissed application. These costs were to be paid from her share of the proceeds of sale of a property located at F Street, G Town, Country H.