Harshani and Darnith

In the matter of *Harshani and Darnith*, heard before Cronin J, the husband sought the disqualification of the wife’s legal representatives. The core of the dispute concerned family law property settlement proceedings.

The primary legal issue before the Court was whether the wife’s legal representatives should be disqualified from acting in the proceedings due to an alleged conflict of interest arising from their prior representation of the husband in unrelated matters.

Cronin J dismissed the husband’s oral application for disqualification. The Court found that the husband had not established a sufficient basis to warrant the disqualification of the wife’s legal representatives, implicitly determining that no actual or apprehended conflict of interest existed that would prejudice the husband or undermine the administration of justice. The Court’s reasoning focused on the nature of the prior representation and its lack of connection to the current family law proceedings.