Kumber and Worswicke

In *Kumber and Worswicke*, Strickland J of the Supreme Court of Western Australia considered a series of applications filed by both the applicant and the respondent. The dispute involved multiple applications, some of which were initiated by the respondent and others by the applicant, concerning matters that had progressed through the court system.

The court was required to determine the fate of several applications, specifically whether they should be dismissed or adjourned. The applications in question were filed on 31 July 2012, 5 December 2011, 30 January 2013, 12 February 2013, and 14 December 2013. The central legal issue was the appropriate disposition of these various interlocutory applications.

Strickland J's reasoning led to the dismissal of the respondent's application filed on 31 July 2012 and the applicant's application filed on 12 February 2013, with these matters to be removed from the pending cases list. Similarly, the respondent's application filed on 14 December 2013 was also dismissed and removed. However, the court ordered that the applicant's applications filed on 5 December 2011 and 30 January 2013 be adjourned for mention to a later date. The question of costs was reserved.