Farlow and Farlow

In *Farlow and Farlow*, heard before Mushin J, the husband filed an application on 20 September 2007 concerning matters within the Family Court of Australia. The wife sought costs in relation to this application.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the husband's application should be dismissed and, consequently, whether the husband should be ordered to pay the wife's costs associated with that application.

Mushin J dismissed the husband's application. The court further ordered that, in the absence of agreement between the parties within 28 days, the husband was to pay the wife's costs of and incidental to the dismissed application, to be assessed in accordance with Chapter 19 of the *Family Law Rules 2004*.