Haseeb & Haseeb

This matter concerned proceedings between Ms Haseeb (the Applicant wife) and Mr Haseeb (the Respondent husband) in the Family Court of Australia. The wife sought property adjustment orders, and the proceedings had been ongoing for over four years, involving complex issues of disclosure and parenting arrangements for the parties' four children. A significant development in the case was the wife's application to join Mr B, the husband's father, as a second respondent and to seek interlocutory relief restraining the husband from dealing with his assets.

The court was required to determine whether to join Mr B as a party to the proceedings and whether to grant the wife leave to file an amended application seeking specific relief. Furthermore, the court needed to consider the application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the husband from disposing of his real estate assets, pursuant to section 114(3) of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth). The court also had to address the transfer of the proceedings to the Parramatta Registry.

In its reasoning, the court ordered that Mr B be joined as the Second Respondent, acknowledging undertakings he had provided. Leave was granted to the Applicant to file and serve a further Amended Initiating Application within 14 days, requiring her to set out the relief sought with sufficient particulars. Crucially, the court made orders restraining the First Respondent, Mr Haseeb, from selling, transferring, assigning, further encumbering, or otherwise disposing of any real estate assets in his sole or joint name, unless agreed to in writing by the parties or until further order. The costs of the application were reserved for all parties. The proceedings were subsequently transferred to the Parramatta Registry of the Family Court of Australia.