Matthews and Norris (No 2)

In *Matthews and Norris (No 2)*, Cleary J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs following earlier proceedings between the parties. The specific dispute concerned the allocation of costs arising from various interlocutory applications and hearings that had occurred between December 2018 and August 2020.

The court was required to determine which party should bear the costs of specific periods and applications, including costs reserved on particular dates relating to contravention, contempt, and a change of venue. The court also had to consider a husband's application for costs filed in August 2020 and a wife's response filed in August 2020.

Cleary J ordered that the wife pay the husband's costs on a party/party basis for the period of 15 December 2018 to 20 November 2019, and for the Application for Costs heard on 27 August 2020. Additionally, the wife was ordered to pay the husband's previously reserved costs totalling $9350, relating to contravention and contempt proceedings, and a change of venue application. The husband's application in a case concerning costs filed on 5 August 2020 was otherwise dismissed, as was the wife's response to an application in a case filed on 7 August 2020.