Ettridge and Somers (No. 3)

The applicant, Ettridge, and the respondent, Somers, brought their dispute before Cronin J of the Family Court of Australia. The proceedings concerned applications made by the applicant on 9 November 2018 and the respondent's response filed on 16 November 2018, the nature of which is not specified beyond being dismissed in part.

The primary legal issues before the court were the determination of costs associated with the proceedings, specifically for a period following a hearing on 7 June 2018, and the disposition of the applications filed by both parties on 9 and 16 November 2018 respectively.

Cronin J ordered that the respondent pay 60 per cent of the applicant's costs for the period after 7 June 2018, excluding the hearing itself and incidental costs related to a hearing on 7 September 2018, with costs to be assessed by agreement or by the court's scale. The court further ordered that the applications filed by the applicant on 9 November 2018 and the respondent's response filed on 16 November 2018 be otherwise dismissed.