Mosef and Mosef and Anor

In *Mosef and Mosef and Anor*, Foster J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application for costs made by an intervenor. The specific nature of the underlying dispute between the parties, Mr and Mrs Mosef, is not detailed in the provided text, but it is clear that an intervenor sought to recover their costs associated with their participation in the proceedings and a subsequent costs application.

The central legal issue before the court was the determination of liability for the intervenor's costs. Specifically, the court was required to decide whether the wife should be ordered to pay the costs of the intervenor, and on what basis those costs should be assessed.

Foster J ordered that the wife pay the costs of the intervenor. These costs were to be in respect of the application to intervene and the costs application itself, and were to be assessed on a party/party basis. The parties were given one month to agree on the quantum of these costs, failing which the costs would be assessed by the court.