Hasselford and Handel and Anor

In the matter of *Hasselford and Handel and Anor*, heard before Gill J, the applicant, Ms Hasselford (the wife), sought to join Ms Handel as a party to the proceedings as the second respondent. The precise nature of the underlying dispute between the parties is not detailed in the provided text, but it is clear that the wife wished to involve Ms Handel in the existing legal action.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether Ms Handel should be joined as a party to the proceedings. This required the court to consider the relevant rules of joinder and the principles governing the addition of parties to litigation, particularly in the context of family law proceedings, which can be inferred from the terminology used ("wife").

Gill J considered the application for joinder. While the specific reasoning is not elaborated upon in the provided text, the court ultimately refused the wife's application. This suggests that the court found that the criteria for joining Ms Handel as a party were not met, or that such joinder was not necessary or appropriate for the just and convenient determination of the proceedings.

Consequently, the court ordered that Ms Handel not be joined as a party to the proceedings, dismissing the wife's application. The formal entry of this order in the Court's records was noted as being subject to the precise form of the order.