Hall and Hall (No 2)

In *Hall and Hall (No 2)*, Dawe J considered an application concerning interim property orders and costs in a family law proceeding. The dispute centred on the husband's compliance with previous court orders regarding the provision of written instructions to single expert valuers.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the husband should be ordered to provide written instructions to the single expert valuers within a specified timeframe, and the consequences of his failure to do so. A related issue concerned the basis upon which the husband should pay the wife's costs associated with these valuation issues.

Dawe J reasoned that given the husband's previous non-compliance with court orders, it was necessary to impose a strict deadline for him to provide written instructions to the single expert valuers. The court ordered that the husband must provide these instructions within fourteen days. The court further ordered that if the husband failed to comply with this order, the requirement for him to authorise the commencement of valuations would be dispensed with, and he would be ordered to pay the wife's costs on a party/party basis in relation to the instructions for the valuations. The court was not satisfied that an order for the husband to pay the wife's costs on an indemnity basis had been established. The court also ordered the husband to pay the wife's costs of and incidental to an application filed on 16 February 2016. The wife's application filed on 16 February 2016 was dismissed.