El Maalouf and Issa (No 2)

The matter of *El Maalouf and Issa (No 2)* concerned applications for costs brought before Foster J of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The specific nature of the underlying dispute that led to these cost applications is not detailed in the provided text, but it is clear that the parties involved were El Maalouf and Issa.

The central legal issue before the court was the determination of whether any party was entitled to an order for costs in relation to the proceedings. This required the court to consider the circumstances of the case and the relevant legal principles governing the award of costs.

Foster J dismissed all applications for costs. The reasoning behind this decision is not elaborated upon in the provided text, but the outcome signifies that neither party was successful in persuading the court to grant them an order for costs. The form of the order was subject to the formal entry of the order in the Court’s records.