Goyal and Goyal (No 2)

In *Goyal and Goyal (No 2)*, Henderson J of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs following earlier proceedings between the parties. The dispute concerned the financial contributions and entitlements of the parties, and the role of the second respondent, the paternal grandfather, in the proceedings.

The primary legal issue before the court was the quantum of costs to be awarded to the second respondent, the paternal grandfather, and the basis upon which such an order should be made. This involved determining whether the grandfather was entitled to recover his legal costs from the respondent wife, and if so, in what amount.

Henderson J ordered that the respondent wife pay the sum of $8,000 to the second respondent paternal grandfather by way of costs within three months. This order reflects the court's determination of the appropriate costs to be awarded to the grandfather in the proceedings.