Keach and Keach and Anor

In *Keach and Keach and Anor*, the applicants sought to set aside an order made by a Registrar for security for costs and to have the application for security for costs dismissed. The proceedings involved the wife as the respondent to the application for security for costs.

The primary legal issue before Watts J was whether the application for security for costs should be dismissed. This required the court to consider the circumstances surrounding the application and the consent orders sought by the parties.

Watts J, by consent of the parties, set aside the previous order made by Registrar Cameron on 11 September 2009, which had scheduled the hearing of the application for security for costs. Consequently, the application for security for costs filed by the second respondent on 11 September 2009 was dismissed. The court further ordered that the second respondent pay the costs of the wife on a party/party basis, including certification for counsel, in relation to both the applications filed on 11 September 2009 and 14 September 2009.