Keane and Keane and Anor

In *Keane and Keane and Anor*, heard before Brown J, the wife sought final orders in family law proceedings. The husband and the second respondent, presumably the children of the marriage, were also parties to the proceedings. The specific nature of the dispute leading to the wife's application for final orders is not detailed, but the outcome indicates a significant procedural issue arose concerning that application.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the wife's application for final orders, filed on 8 June 2007, should be struck out. This implies a question of whether the application was properly before the court or if there were grounds to dismiss it without proceeding to determine the substantive issues it raised. The court was required to consider the procedural validity and appropriateness of the wife's application in the context of the ongoing family law proceedings.

Brown J determined that the wife's application for final orders should be struck out. The court's reasoning, as evidenced by the orders made, was that the application was not to proceed. Consequently, the court directed that these applications be removed from the list of matters awaiting finalisation, indicating a cessation of the proceedings in their current form. The court further ordered that its reasons for judgment be transcribed and placed on the court file.