Hijazi and Hijazi and Ors (No 2)

The application before Cronin J concerned costs orders following proceedings between the parties, identified as Hijazi and Hijazi and Ors (No 2). The specific applicants for costs were B Pty Ltd and C Pty Ltd, whose applications were dismissed. The husband also sought a costs order, which was adjourned.

The primary legal issue before the court was the determination of costs in relation to the applications made by B Pty Ltd and C Pty Ltd, and the husband's application for a costs order. The court was required to consider whether to grant or dismiss these applications and, in the case of the husband's application, to determine the conditions under which it would proceed or be dismissed.

Cronin J dismissed the applications for costs filed by B Pty Ltd and C Pty Ltd. The husband's application for a costs order, which sought to reserve costs, was adjourned to a date to be fixed. The court stipulated that if the husband failed to file further submissions by a specified date, and the wife did not have a right of reply by a subsequent date, his application for the reservation of costs would stand dismissed.