Hansford and Phillips (No.2)

In *Hansford and Phillips (No.2)*, the applicant mother sought to appeal a decision of the Family Court of Australia. The precise nature of the underlying dispute is not detailed in the provided text, but it involved the respondent father and concerned matters that had previously been before the Family Court. The application for leave to appeal was heard by Judge Young.

The central legal issue before Judge Young was whether to grant the applicant mother leave to appeal the previous decision of the Family Court. This required the court to consider the merits of the proposed appeal and whether there were sufficient grounds to permit it to proceed.

Judge Young dismissed the application for leave to appeal. While the specific reasoning is not elaborated upon in the provided text, the outcome indicates that the court found no compelling grounds to allow the appeal. Consequently, the applicant mother was ordered to pay the respondent father's costs associated with the application, fixed at $3,863.00.