Drury and Drury (No. 2)

In *Drury and Drury (No. 2)*, Dessau J of the Family Court of Australia made orders concerning the use and occupation of properties and the division of chattels between the husband and wife. The dispute involved the parties' matrimonial assets, specifically two properties and various items of furniture and personal belongings.

The court was required to determine how the parties would occupy their respective residences pending further orders, and how the division of chattels, including furniture and personal belongings, would be managed. The orders also addressed the practical steps necessary to facilitate these arrangements, such as serving notices to quit on tenants and the payment of legal costs.

Dessau J ordered that the husband would have sole use and occupation of the E property, while the wife would have sole use and occupation of the M property, subject to existing tenancies. The court also directed the parties to sign documents to ensure the payment of rates and outgoings for both properties and to serve a Notice to Quit on the tenants at the M property to secure vacant possession. Furthermore, the court made detailed provisions for the division of furniture and chattels at the E property, requiring the parties to agree on the division by a specified date, or for the wife to prepare lists from which the husband would choose, with a fallback for the wife to choose if the husband failed to do so. The wife was also to collect her entitled chattels by a set date, and the husband was to make the wife's personal belongings available for collection. Finally, the court ordered that $10,000 from specific funds be paid to each party's solicitor, and that all current applications be adjourned for further directions.