HILLIEr and HILLIEr (No 2)

The proceedings before Justice Cronin involved a dispute between a husband and wife, with Mr John Mazzotta, solicitor, seeking leave to withdraw from acting for the husband. The court was required to determine several urgent matters, including the husband's compliance with existing court orders, the provision of spousal maintenance, and the payment of various expenses related to the wife and child.

The court's reasoning led to a series of orders aimed at resolving immediate financial obligations and ensuring the husband's attendance at future hearings. These orders included the husband paying $500 per week by way of urgent spousal maintenance, covering the rental on the wife's residence and any arrears, paying school fees for the child J, maintaining health insurance for the wife and children, and covering rental payments for a vehicle. The husband was also ordered to sign documents to effect the settlement of the sale of the former matrimonial home, with a registrar empowered to sign on his behalf if he failed to do so.

Further orders mandated the husband's personal attendance on 22 September 2009 to address his failure to comply with existing court orders, with the wife at liberty to seek a warrant for his apprehension should he fail to attend. The wife was also granted liberty to issue a subpoena to Mr AH to give evidence regarding the sale of a franchising business. The court also fixed the wife's costs of the day.