Harris and Harris

In *Harris and Harris*, heard before Cronin J, the dispute concerned property settlement between a husband and wife. The court was required to determine the terms of a partial property settlement and the disposition of interim applications made by both parties.

The central legal issue was the quantum and method of payment for a partial property settlement. The court also considered the applications for interim orders made by both the husband and the wife.

Cronin J ordered that the husband pay the wife the sum of $500,000 within 30 days as a partial property settlement. To facilitate this payment, the husband was permitted to draw up to $500,000 from the G Superannuation Fund. The court dismissed the interim applications filed by both parties in April and May 2012. Any applications for costs arising from these orders were to be made by written submission by 28 June 2011, with responses due by 12 July 2012, and all such applications to be determined in chambers.