HALSTEAD & LEES AND ANOR

In the matter of *Halstead & Lees and Anor*, Berman J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application by the father and a paternal grandmother seeking the disqualification of the mother from exercising parental responsibility. The precise nature of the dispute, beyond the request for disqualification, is not detailed in the provided text.

The central legal issue before the Court was whether the mother should be disqualified from exercising parental responsibility, as sought by the father and the paternal grandmother. This required the Court to assess the grounds upon which such a drastic measure could be justified under Australian family law.

Berman J dismissed both the father's application filed on 28 January 2020 and the paternal grandmother's oral application made on 13 February 2020. The reasons for this dismissal are not provided in the excerpt. The Court ordered that both applications be dismissed.