NEWSOME & NEWSOME

In *Newsome & Newsome*, Forrest J of the Supreme Court of Western Australia was required to determine whether to abandon the trial of a matter and return it to the Trial List. The specific nature of the dispute between the parties, Newsome & Newsome, is not detailed in the provided text.

The central legal issue before the Court was the appropriate course of action regarding the scheduled trial, specifically whether it should be vacated and the matter relisted.

Forrest J ordered that the hearing of the trial be abandoned. The matter was consequently returned to the Trial List to await the allocation of a Trial Judge and trial dates, with the exact timing to be fixed and advised by the Court.