Kosign and Kosign

In the matter of *Kosign and Kosign*, Loughnan J considered an application concerning property proceedings and interim orders. The dispute involved the husband and wife, with the court being asked to make orders regarding the management and distribution of funds, the continuation of existing injunctions, and the wife's continued exclusive occupation of the former matrimonial home.

The court was required to determine the appropriate interim orders concerning the husband's legal fee payments, the disposition of funds held in trust, the continuation of existing injunctions, and the wife's residence at the former matrimonial home to the exclusion of the husband. The court also had to consider the husband's obligation to return keys to the matrimonial home.

Loughnan J ordered that the husband pay into a specific trust account an amount equal to any monies he subsequently pays to his solicitors or for his legal fees, simultaneously with such payments. The character of these payments to the wife's solicitors was reserved for the trial judge. The parties were also directed to take all necessary steps to ensure that any monies held on their behalf in the specified trust account be paid to the wife. Existing injunctions from a previous order were continued, as were specific orders relating to interim arrangements. Furthermore, the wife was to continue residing at the former matrimonial home to the exclusion of the husband, and within seven days of the order, the husband was to return all keys to the property in his possession or control to the wife. Leave was granted to either party to restore the matter to the list on seven days' notice.