Hobson and Dorset

In the matter of *Hobson and Dorset*, heard before Judge Brown, the dispute concerned the father's application to enrol their child, X, born in 2009, at a particular primary school for the 2015 school year. The father sought permission to enrol the child at the specified school and for the child to attend that school pending the final determination of the proceedings.

The central legal issue before the court was whether to grant the father's interlocutory application for the child's enrolment and attendance at the nominated primary school. This required the court to consider the best interests of the child in the context of an interim arrangement for schooling.

Judge Brown ordered that the father be permitted to enrol the child, X, at the specified primary school for the school year commencing January 2015. The court further ordered that the child attend that school pending the final hearing of the matter.