Greystoke and Greystoke (Costs)

The Full Court of the Family Court of Australia, comprising Bryant CJ, Kay and Thackray JJ, considered an application by the wife for leave to appeal against orders made by Penny J on 28 July 2006. The specific nature of the underlying dispute that led to Penny J's orders is not detailed in the provided text, but the present proceedings concerned the wife's attempt to challenge those orders at a higher level.

The central legal issue before the Full Court was the determination of costs associated with the wife's application for leave to appeal. The court was required to decide who should bear the costs of this unsuccessful application.

The court ordered that the applicant wife was to pay the respondent husband’s costs of and incidental to her application for leave to appeal. These costs were to be settled by agreement between the parties, or failing such agreement, to be assessed in accordance with the Family Law Rules.