Meeks and Royce (No. 2)

In *Meeks and Royce (No. 2)*, Cleary J of the Family Court of Australia considered an application for costs made by the Independent Children’s Lawyer. The specific nature of the underlying dispute between the parties, Meeks and Royce, is not detailed in the provided text, but the application for costs arose from proceedings heard on 28 April 2017.

The sole legal issue before the court was whether to grant the Independent Children’s Lawyer’s oral application for costs.

Cleary J dismissed the application for costs. No specific reasoning is provided in the excerpt for this decision.

The court ordered that the oral application by the Independent Children’s Lawyer for costs, made on 28 April 2017, be dismissed.