MULLALY & BEDDOE

In the matter of *Mullaly & Beddoe*, Hogan J of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia considered an application concerning financial matters between parties to a marriage. The proceedings involved the husband and wife, with an application also made to join the husband's mother, Ms B Beddoe, as a party.

The court was required to determine whether Ms B Beddoe should be joined as a party to the proceedings and to consider the dismissal of certain paragraphs of the Amended Application in a Case filed by the wife. Additionally, the court had to decide on the production of a specific loan repayment schedule between the husband and his parents.

Hogan J ordered that Ms B Beddoe be joined as a party to the proceedings. The court also dismissed paragraphs 1 to 7 of the Amended Application in a Case filed on 24 March 2015. Furthermore, the husband was ordered to provide the original loan repayment schedule between himself and his parents, covering specified periods, to the wife's lawyers for forensic examination within seven days, if it was within his possession or control. The document was to be returned to the husband's solicitors within seven days of the completion of any forensic examination. Save for the orders made and any application for costs, the Amended Application in a Case filed 24 March 2015 and the Response to an Application in a Case filed 10 February 2015 were dismissed.