Mendicino and Mendicino and Ors (No 5)

In the matter of *Mendicino and Mendicino and Ors (No 5)*, Kent J of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia considered an application by the First Respondent Husband concerning paragraph 4(e) of his Application in a Case filed on 5 June 2015. The Applicant Wife was also a party to these proceedings.

The central legal issue before the court was whether to grant the specific relief sought by the First Respondent Husband in paragraph 4(e) of his application. The court was required to determine the merits of this particular application within the broader context of the ongoing proceedings.

Kent J dismissed the First Respondent Husband's application for the order sought in paragraph 4(e). The court ordered that the costs associated with this specific application, for both the Applicant Wife and the First Respondent Husband, be reserved to the final trial of the proceedings.