GOWRIE & CAYLEY

In *Gowrie & Cayley*, the applicant sought interim orders for the return of a child to Australia and for the respondent to provide a passport, alongside an application for final orders concerning overseas travel. The matter came before Judge Scarlett.

The central legal issues before the court were whether the interim orders sought by the applicant were appropriate in their nature, and whether the applications should be transferred to the Family Court of Australia.

Judge Scarlett reasoned that the orders sought by the applicant as interim relief were, in substance, final orders. The court determined that it was not appropriate to grant such substantive relief on an interim basis. Consequently, the application for interim orders was dismissed. The court also ordered that the applications be transferred to the Family Court of Australia for determination of the final orders.

The court ordered that the application for interim orders be dismissed, that costs be costs in the cause to be decided at a final hearing, and that the application for final orders be transferred to the Family Court of Australia at Sydney to be listed on a date to be fixed.