Griffis & Coveney

In the matter of *Griffis & Coveney*, heard by Rees J, the applicant father sought an urgent review of a registrar's decision. The registrar had declined to grant short notice for an application concerning interim parenting orders, finding that the requisite urgency had not been established. The father subsequently filed an application for review of this decision.

The central legal issue before Rees J was whether the registrar had erred in determining that the circumstances did not warrant the granting of short notice for the father's application for urgent interim parenting orders. This required the court to consider the criteria for establishing urgency in parenting matters and the registrar's discretion in managing court proceedings.

Rees J dismissed the application for review. The court found that the registrar had correctly assessed the material before her and had not erred in concluding that the threshold for urgency, which would justify proceeding on short notice, had not been met. The reasoning implicitly affirmed that the onus was on the applicant to demonstrate a compelling need for immediate intervention, which was not sufficiently evidenced in this instance. Consequently, the application for review of the registrar's decision was dismissed.