McIllroy and McIllroy

In *McIllroy and McIllroy*, the wife sought leave to adduce evidence from an adversarial expert and for the husband to provide access to documents and business premises for that expert. The dispute concerned the wife's ability to properly instruct her adversarial expert in proceedings before Le Poer Trench J.

The primary legal issue before the court was whether the wife should be granted leave to obtain adversarial expert evidence, and if so, what directions should be made to facilitate the preparation of that expert's report. This involved considering the wife's right to present her case effectively and the husband's obligations in providing necessary information and access.

Le Poer Trench J granted the wife leave to adduce evidence from an adversarial expert. The court directed that the single expert and the wife's adversarial expert confer within 28 days of the completion of the adversarial expert's report. They were ordered to prepare a joint report detailing areas of agreement and disagreement, along with their respective reasons. Furthermore, the husband was ordered to provide all necessary documents and information to the wife's adversarial expert and facilitate access to the business premises for inspection of relevant documents and records, as reasonably required by the expert for the preparation of their report.