GREEN & GREEN

In the matter of *Green & Green*, heard by Judge Hartnett, the dispute concerned applications brought by the parties, identified as MS GREEN and MR GREEN, relating to their children, X and Y. The specific nature of the initial dispute is not detailed, but the court's orders indicate it involved concerns about the children's potential departure from Australia.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the extant applications should be dismissed for want of prosecution and, crucially, whether to impose restrictions on the children leaving the Commonwealth of Australia. The court was also required to consider the appropriate mechanism for enforcing such restrictions.

Judge Hartnett dismissed all extant applications for want of prosecution. The court then made orders restraining the children, X and Y, from leaving the Commonwealth of Australia until further order. Furthermore, both MS GREEN and MR GREEN, along with their servants and agents, were restrained from removing or attempting to remove the children from Australia. To give effect to these orders, the court requested the Australian Federal Police to place the children's names on the Airport Watch List at all Australian points of arrival and departure. Liberty was granted to the parties to apply to set aside these restraining orders.