NETIS & KIPLING

In the matter of Netis & Kipling, the Applicant Husband was ordered to pay the Respondent Wife's costs on an indemnity basis concerning a Contravention Application filed on 16 August 2019. The court, presided over by Judge Andrew, made this determination regarding the financial consequences of the proceedings.

The central legal issue before the court was whether the costs associated with the Contravention Application should be awarded on an indemnity basis. This required the court to consider the circumstances surrounding the application and the conduct of the parties in relation to it to determine if an award of indemnity costs was warranted.

The court's decision to award costs on an indemnity basis suggests that it found sufficient grounds to depart from the usual order for costs to be assessed on a party-and-party basis. While the specific reasoning for this departure is not detailed in the provided text, such an order typically reflects a finding of unreasonable or improper conduct by the party against whom costs are awarded, or that the proceedings were brought or defended vexatiously or without reasonable cause.

Consequently, the Applicant Husband was ordered to pay the Respondent Wife the sum of $10,686.24 for her costs, inclusive of disbursements, within two months of the date of the orders. Publication of the judgment under the pseudonym Netis & Kipling was approved pursuant to section 121(9)(g) of the *Family Law Act 1975* (Cth).