Hillier and Olly

In *Hillier and Olly*, heard before Forrest J, the proceedings concerned an application by the mother for the father to pay her costs. The father sought the release of funds held in the mother's solicitors' trust account.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the mother should be awarded her costs of the proceedings to date, and secondly, the disposition of funds held in trust by the mother's solicitors.

Forrest J dismissed the mother's application for costs. The court ordered that the balance of funds held in the mother's solicitors' trust account, which had been held for the father pursuant to earlier orders, be paid to the father's solicitors.