Hodges and Hodges

In *Hodges and Hodges*, Strickland J considered an application by intervener applicants concerning costs and the dismissal of their applications. The wife sought costs against the intervener applicants on an indemnity basis, while the intervener applicants also sought costs.

The primary legal issues before the court were whether the intervener applicants should pay the wife’s costs on an indemnity basis, and whether the intervener applicants’ own applications for costs should be granted. The court also had to determine the fate of two Form 2 Applications filed by the intervener applicants.

Strickland J ordered that the intervener applicants pay the wife’s costs on an indemnity basis, but with specific limitations: no costs would be allowed beyond the first day of the hearing, and the matter was not certified as fit for Senior Counsel. The court further ordered that the intervener applicants’ application for costs be dismissed. Finally, both Form 2 Applications filed by the intervener applicants were dismissed and removed from the active pending cases list.