Laske and Laske

In the matter of *Laske and Laske*, Aldridge J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application concerning costs. The specific nature of the underlying dispute between the parties, the Laskes, is not detailed in the provided text, but the immediate issue before the court related to the allocation of costs incurred up to that point.

The primary legal issue before Aldridge J was whether to reserve the parties' costs of the day's proceedings for determination at a later stage of the litigation. This required the court to consider the appropriate approach to costs in circumstances where the substantive hearing had been adjourned.

Aldridge J ordered that the hearing dates of 5 and 6 November 2013 be vacated and that the matter be stood over for directions before himself on 29 January 2014. Crucially, the court ordered that the parties' costs of the day be reserved, to be determined at the final hearing. This indicates that the court deferred a final decision on who should bear the costs of the interlocutory proceedings.