Easom and Burhan

In the matter of *Easom and Burhan*, heard by Wilson J, the dispute concerned financial and property matters arising from the dissolution of a marriage. The proceedings involved an application by the husband, which was largely dismissed, and a referral to the Senior Registrar for directions to progress the matter to trial.

The court was required to determine the appropriate orders regarding spousal maintenance, the payment of private school fees and associated educational expenses for the parties' children, responsibility for mortgage repayments and associated property outgoings on multiple properties, the exchange of motor vehicles, reimbursement for a significant payment made by the wife, and the provision of litigation funding for the wife's legal and accounting costs.

Wilson J ordered the husband to pay the wife a lump sum of $50,000 by way of spousal maintenance. The husband was also made responsible for all private school fees and associated educational expenses for the three children, with these payments to be made in addition to any administrative child support assessment. Further orders stipulated that the husband must continue to meet all mortgage repayments, rates, taxes, and body corporate fees for three specified properties. The husband was also directed to return the wife's motor vehicle, fully repaired, and in exchange, the wife was to return her motor vehicle to the husband. The husband was ordered to reimburse the wife $20,000 for a recently paid balloon payment and to provide $100,000 for the wife's litigation funding. The husband's interim application was otherwise dismissed.