Filmer and Filmer (No 2)

In *Filmer and Filmer (No 2)*, Dawe J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning costs. The proceedings involved a husband and wife, though the specific nature of their underlying dispute is not detailed in the provided text.

The primary legal issue before the court was the determination of costs associated with two separate applications filed by the wife. Specifically, the court was required to decide whether the husband should pay the wife's costs for an application filed on 5 July 2012, and to address the costs of a subsequent application filed on 4 September 2012.

Dawe J ordered that the husband pay the wife's costs of the application filed on 5 July 2012 on a party and party basis. These costs were to be determined by agreement within twenty-one days, or failing that, to be assessed by a Registrar in accordance with Chapter 19 of the *Family Law Rules 2004* (Cth). The question of the costs for both parties concerning the wife's application filed on 4 September 2012 was reserved to the date of the final hearing of the proceedings.